Episode 52 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed.

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

the show where the aim of the game is to avoid the obvious answers,

and find the obscure ones.

Let's meet today's players.

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And couple number one.

Hi, I'm Jack, this is my best friend, Meena,

and we're from Bristol.

Couple number two.

Hi, I'm Colette, this is my mum, Corinne,

-and we're from Lincolnshire.

-Couple number three.

Hello, I'm Alison, this is my partner, Alan,

and we're from South Yorkshire.

And finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Nash, this is James, and we're PhD students in Leicester.

And these are today's contestants.

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Thanks very much, all of you. A warm welcome to Pointless.

We'll get to chat to each of you of course throughout the show

as it goes along.

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

Here to clear things up, like a lovable school janitor,

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

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-Hiya.

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-Hey, everybody.

Afternoon.

-Good afternoon to you.

-Good afternoon.

-How are you?

-I'm very well.

-Now, James and Nash back with us.

We just heard they're PhD students from Leicester.

-Yes, yes.

-Two extra bits of information we didn't hear.

They're PhD students in film,

and they got knocked out of the last show on a film question.

-AUDIENCE CHUCKLES AND GROANS

-That's the extra information.

But knocked out in the head-to-head, so they'll be tough to beat.

And Alan and Alison, knocked out in round one.

And I suspect they've got unfinished business with Pointless, as well.

So, should be a lot of fun, I think.

Thank you very much. Well, Nigel and Katie didn't win the jackpot

last time, which means we add another £1,000 to it,

so today's jackpot starts off...

at £5,000.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE There we are.

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

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OK, now, remember this.

The pair with the highest score at the end of each round

will be eliminated, and there is to be no conferring

until we get to the head-to-head round.

Best of luck to all four pairs.

Our first category today is...

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

who's going to go second?

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

OK. And our question concerns...

-National Flags In Black And White, Richard.

-It's really, really good.

We're going to show you a board now of lots of

national flags of the world, but in black and white.

So you just have to notice them by the pattern alone.

Obviously, the most obscure answer you get, the fewer points you score.

Thank you very much. OK. So we're going to show you the image.

16 flags up on that board.

It will stay up for the whole round.

Here is the image with the flags on it.

Wow. There we go.

It's less scary than it sounds, right?

Mm. Jack, a warm welcome to Pointless.

-Good to have you here from Bristol.

-Yeah.

What do you do, Jack?

I've just finished my degree and I'm on a gap year at the minute.

-That's... So taking your gap year after your degree? That's nice.

-Yes.

So you haven't set yourself any sort of goals for the next year or so?

Well, I've got a job that starts in August.

-Ah, right. I see.

-Yeah, so I had like a year off to like...

-do a bit of travelling.

-I see, and what job are you starting?

-Marketing.

-So where are you doing that, Jack?

-London.

-Oh, so moving from Bristol up to London.

Have you yet worked out where you're going to be living in London?

-Hopefully with Meena. Hopefully.

-Yeah. Let's hope it goes all well

today on the show today. LAUGHTER

Now, Jack, what are you going to go for?

I think I know a few, but I think they're quite obvious.

-I'm going to go for India.

-OK. You're going to take India.

Let's see if India is right.

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

It's right.

26 for India. APPLAUSE

There we are.

Yes, absolutely right. Top row there.

Second from the right.

Thanks very much, Richard.

-Now then, Colette.

-Hi.

-Welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

Lovely to have you here. What do you do, Colette?

I'm an events organiser.

-Where do you do your organising?

-Well, I actually live in Edinburgh.

I suppose events happen everywhere, don't they?

They do, but I work for a charity in Scotland,

so I'm Scottish-based.

I see. I see.

So how many events a year do you have to put on for them?

Well, we do a big award ceremony every year

and then lots of different training and networking events.

Excellent. Hard work, I happen to know.

-Yes.

-Yeah, very early mornings.

-Yes.

Early mornings, long hours, hotel rooms.

There we are. Now, Colette, this issue of the flags.

Yes.

I'm going to play pretty safe.

One that I know is right.

-I'm going to go Israel.

-Israel, says Colette.

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

It's right. Well, 26 is our opening score at this point.

72 is our new score. APPLAUSE

72.

Yeah, fairly hefty score there, for Israel, on the third row there.

-Third in.

-Thank you very much.

-Now, Alison. Welcome back to Pointless.

-Hello again.

We had to say goodbye to you in the first round last time.

-Sadly. Yes.

-Yes.

Yes, I'm afraid we did.

Remind us what you get up to, Alison.

I'm a semi-retired accountant.

And you were saying last time that you're trying to play more golf,

but you seem to be working quite a lot, still.

Yes. Not enough time to get the handicap down and beat Alan at golf,

which is my ambition.

Now there's a lofty ambition.

I'm guessing Alan is rather good, is he?

He's better than me. He's better than me, yes.

Do you travel a lot? Yes, you do, we discovered that last time,

-as well.

-We do. We travel to Europe which makes last time's round

particularly embarrassing really. We should have known more.

Yeah, hope that sets you up quite well for this round.

What are you going to go for on this board?

Yeah, not too many European flags perhaps,

but I'm going to go for South Africa.

South Africa, says Alison.

Let's see how many of our 100 people went for South Africa.

It's right. 72 is our highest score,

and you pass it.

26 is our low score.

You stop at 37. APPLAUSE

-Not bad.

-It's a solid score.

There it is on the bottom row, second from the right.

That's got lots of colours on it.

They were using them up when they came up with the flag.

-Yeah.

-Why wouldn't you? If we were coming up with a flag,

-you'd have as many colours as possible, wouldn't you?

-Yeah.

What would you have on your flag?

Erm...

a big...bear.

I think in brown or black.

Maybe a bear with a gold bracelet.

-Lovely.

-And...

-a quiff.

-And against maybe a red background?

-Cerise.

-Cerise would be lovely.

So black against cerise, bear with a bracelet.

A bracelet and a quiff.

I'm just going to draw yours quickly and then I'll...

OK, that's nice. Lovely.

I'll do the... LAUGHTER

OK, thank you very much.

Nash, welcome back.

-Hi.

-Great to have you here.

Now listen, you were the low scorers in the head-to-head last time,

and you had it whipped away from under your noses.

But actually, tactically, you did rather a canny thing there

because the jackpot's just got a little bit bigger there.

Now, Nash, remind us what you do.

I'm doing a PhD in film history.

-In film history.

-Yes.

But you're sort of studying the marketing of film

-and the distribution of film.

-Yeah, and also the exhibition of film,

as well. What it was like to be in the cinema back in the transition

from silent to sound period.

Of course, theatres always used to...

-There was a huge fire risk in theatres...

-Yes.

-..because of all the naked flames and the...

-Absolutely.

Was at the same in cinemas?

Hot, hot projectors and lenses and things?

Yes, yes, it was. The first-ever sweeping law ever put into place

for cinemas was to curb down fires, because there was a lot of fires!

Yeah. Now, Nash, what would you like to go for from our board of flags?

I've got inklings about a few.

I think I spy the Spanish flag.

I'm going to go for Spain.

Spain, says Nash.

You're getting a half nod from Alison.

They travel to EUROPE a lot. LAUGHTER

I think that could be a good sign.

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

It's right.

Well, 72 still our highest score.

You pass that.

Down it goes.

Look at this, our new low score for Spain.

APPLAUSE Very well done indeed, Nash.

"I think I spy the Spanish flag."

It was like Sir Francis Drake had come back to visit us, wasn't it?

-I've drawn your flag.

-Yeah.

-I can't...

-I haven't got cerise, I've only got a black pen.

-That's OK.

-So that's...

-Oh, it's beautiful.

-It's good, isn't it?

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It's beautiful. That's exactly how I pictured it.

Would you like a Union Jack in the corner like some countries have?

-Then people know if it's upside... They'll know it's upside down anyway cos the bear...

-The bear.

-Otherwise it's going to look like that.

-Yeah.

I think it's important that we do have the Union Jack in the corner.

All right, geez. I left a space.

-I offset the symmetry of it.

-Good job. Good job.

-For exactly that.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

-Such a pleasure.

We are halfway through the round,

so I'm going to tell you where we are on our scores.

22, the best score of the pass. Well done, Nash.

Nash and James once again looking like they mean business.

Then up to 26 where we find Jack and Meena.

Up to 37, where we find Alison and Alan and then,

oh, Colette and Corinne. CORINNE CHUCKLES

The issue of 72.

We are quite far ahead there.

So, Corinne,

you know what we need from you.

I mean, you know, there will be some low scoring flags there.

I really hope you know one because it'd be great.

It'd be just awful to send you away after the first round.

Coming back down the line, now.

Second players, please step up to the podium.

Now then, James, welcome back.

Remind us what you do.

I am also a PhD student in film history.

But focusing very much on Stanley Kubrick.

Yes, all about the film director Stanley Kubrick.

Any particular period of Kubrick,

or do you go right the way from Soup to Nuts?

-Soup to Nuts, yeah.

-That's it!

It's looking specifically at his role as producer,

so just looking throughout his entire career.

How long have you got to write it?

-About a year.

-Oh, that's fine. JAMES CHUCKLES

That's fine. But I mean, you've planned it, though?

You only haven't written it because you've been doing so much hard work on it, I should think.

-Exactly.

-That's it, talking to interesting people.

And going on the occasional game show.

LAUGHTER Now, you are on 22.

The highest score is on 72,

which means 49 or less is your target.

There's quite a few flags on there.

I don't know whether to... take a risk.

I'm going to say...

And I apologise, Nash, in advance.

I'm going to say South Korea.

South Korea, says James.

Here is your Red Line. Get below that with South Korea,

round two beckons.

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

It's right.

Very well done, look at that. Down you go.

Oh, still going.

20! A new low!

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42 is your total,

very well done, James and Nash.

Safely through. Yeah, there it is on the second row.

They eat seaweed soup for their birthday in South Korea.

Not everybody, but... it's a tradition.

-Seaweed soup?

-Yeah.

-There you are.

-Mm, seaweed soup.

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Thanks very much indeed.

Alan, welcome back.

Alan, remind us what you did.

You had a fascinating job.

I had a business that manufactured parts for big marine diesel engines.

So, what was the biggest part you manufactured?

Some sort of...

The biggest part for an engine?

-Yeah.

-Well, we made piston rings.

-Right.

-Cylinder size were about a meter on the biggest ones.

So, colossal,

and these were manufactured in the UK?

-Manufactured in Chesterfield. Yes.

-Fantastic. That's still going?

-The factory itself, still going?

-The factory is still thriving, yes.

Excellent. Fantastic.

And now you have retired.

Obviously, we've covered golf.

And we've touched on the travel, as well.

What other sorts of things do you like doing?

Anything outdoors.

So running, walking, cycling.

Excellent. Good for you.

Now, Alan, you're on 37.

The high score is still Corinne and Colette on 72.

34 or less is your target.

I'm going to try for Cyprus.

Cyprus.

Cyprus, says Alan.

Here is your Red Line.

Get below that, you are through to the next round.

How many of our 100 people said Cyprus?

It's right.

Very well done, Alan. There you go. 25.

Taking your total up to 62.

Yeah, there's Cyprus. It's got a map of itself on its flag.

Oh, I finished your flag.

Oh, let's have a look.

So, you've got the Union Jack,

and Ben Miller has turned up in the corner of it...

-saying, "Hi, I'm Ben Miller."

-LAUGHTER

That looks so like Ben!

-It's good, isn't it?

-It's really good.

-Yeah, I got him to pose for that while you were talking.

-Ohh.

-Good work, isn't it?

-Very good.

-Thank you, Richard.

-Pleasure.

Now then, Corinne.

Welcome to Pointless. Lovely to have you here.

-What do you do, Corinne?

-Well, I don't do anything any more.

Because what I did do,

I gave it up so I could do what I do at the weekends.

-Did you get that?

-Let us unpack that.

OK. And you gave up with glee?

-You were happy to walk away?

-Oh, God, yes. I couldn't wait.

You are now doing nothing,

because you gave that up in order to do what you...

Because it takes me till Wednesday to get over the weekend.

You're a professional clubber? LAUGHTER

Raver? What is it?

-Pretty much.

-What do you do at the weekend?

Well, I'm a original Northern Souler.

-You ARE a clubber!

-Yeah.

-Wow.

-So back in the '70s, that was OK, you know,

it was all night, two nights, all day,

and then work on Monday morning.

But now, you know...

But you're still doing it, that's fantastic.

Wonderful. Where...

Is there a particular place you go, or...

-Just everywhere.

-Everywhere.

-Everywhere.

-Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle...

Places you've never heard of.

Rooms that you never, ever want to go in.

-LAUGHTER

-That sort of thing.

I'm trying to read Colette's expression.

LAUGHTER

She's got a better social life than me.

-Fact.

-Now then, Corinne.

-You're on 72. You're the high scorers at this stage.

-Yes.

So we need a low score from you.

What are you going to go for on this board?

Georgia.

-Georgia...

-Yes.

-..says Corinne.

No Red Line for you, as you're the highest scorers.

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

It's right.

That's a good score, down it goes.

Look at that, seven. APPLAUSE

The lowest score of the round, Corinne.

79 is what your total is.

I wonder if you've done enough.

That's a great answer, yeah. Very well played.

That's the one on the third row there, on the left, with the...

with the five different crosses.

There we are, thank you, Richard.

Now, Meena, welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here.

-What do you do?

-I'm a subeditor on a newspaper.

On a daily newspaper?

-Yeah.

-Is it a daily newspaper we know?

-Yes.

-Which department do you sub-edit?

-The tablet edition of the paper.

-I see.

And how many editions a day go up on the tablet edition?

Well, we build the night before

so it's ready for people to read the next day,

and then there's an update, as well.

-OK, so just one update every 24 hours?

-Yeah.

What's the time of day, is it sort of lunchtime-ish kind of thing?

-Yeah.

-Right, OK. That keeps you on your toes, doesn't it?

-Yes!

Wow-ee! And, if necessary, when stories are breaking,

-do you then have sort of more instant updates?

-Yes.

Yeah. It's quite exciting.

That's the thing I love, actually.

When something exciting happens, everything's rushing around.

That's when it gets pretty good.

Yeah. News coming in on the wire.

Very exciting indeed.

Now, 26, talking of exciting, is your score at the moment.

52 or less is your target.

Not many flags left on there, I imagine.

Quite a lot of the middling flags have gone.

Some very obscure ones and some very well-known ones.

I am thinking of taking a risk.

I'm going to go for Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka, says Meena.

Sri Lanka. I can't read Jack's expression.

He's fairly easy with that at the moment, Meena.

There is your Red Line.

If you get below that with Sri Lanka,

you are through to the next round. How many people said Sri Lanka?

-Oh, thank God.

-It's right!

And, guess what? It gets you through.

Very well done indeed.

And how! 14. APPLAUSE

Taking your total up to a lovely round 40.

Great work, Meena, well played.

Yeah, the first country ever to elect a female head of state,

Sri Lanka, in 1960.

Shall we fill in the rest of this board?

On the top row, there's two we haven't got.

Actually, the highest answer on the board, next to Sri Lanka, there,

-is...

-Oh, Canada.

-Canada, yes. 91 for that. And top right?

-Switzerland?

Switzerland, 64.

Now, best answer on the board.

Second row, first one, is...

Cambodia. Would have scored you one point.

Very well done if you said that.

And then next to South Korea you've got Bhutan,

which would have scored you two points.

United States would have scored you 88.

The third row, the only one we haven't had is Brazil.

That would have scored you 48.

And the lovely triangular flag there, at the bottom left.

-That is Nepal.

-Nepal, yeah. Eight points for that.

And the only other one we haven't got, the bottom right,

-the wonderful country of...

-Lebanon.

Lebanon, yes. And that would have scored you 17.

Thank you very much indeed. So, we are at the end of our first round.

The pair we have to say goodbye to... I can't bear it!

Corinne and Colette! You only just got here.

Oh, we were just getting to know you!

And already we send you away.

Good news is, we'll see you again next time. Corrine and Colette.

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But for the remaining three pairs,

it's now time for round two.

And, now, look, we're down to three pairs.

At the end of this round, we'll have to say goodbye to another pair.

But, well done, everyone.

We made it through the black and white flags round, which is good.

Meena, of the surviving contestants,

yours was the best answer.

So, yeah, hats off to you.

Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for round two today is:

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

who's going to go second. And whoever's going first,

please, step up to the podium.

OK. And the question concerns:

Richard. On each board, simply six clues to famous people

known as Jane.

So, it's going to be 12 in all to have a go at home. Good luck.

So, who are these famous Janes? Here's our first board.

I'm going to read those all one last time.

Jack?

Yes.

So, I feel I know a few, but...

It's much harder when you're here than when you're at home.

I do know....

the third one down, it's just on the tip of my tongue.

I'm going to have to go for the fourth one down,

and say Jane Austen.

Jane Austen, says Jack.

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

It's right.

42. Not bad. APPLAUSE

All of the novels published during her career were anonymous.

After she passed away, Persuasion was published under her own name.

Thank you very much. Now, then...

Alan.

Difficult board for me.

The only one I can bring to mind is the last one...

which is Jane Torvill.

Jane Torvill, says Alan.

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

77 for Jane Torvill. APPLAUSE

Big score, there.

Yeah, she used to be an insurance clerk,

before she became a national treasure.

Thank you very much. Now, James, this board is all yours.

All these Janes are yours, James.

James's Janes.

Unfortunately, number two, I delivered a conference paper...

..and I name checked that person several times,

but the name now escapes me.

The two Janes that I did know have gone.

So, I'll just have to take a risk.

And that first one, it's a film one again,

so this is really embarrassing, I'm just going to say...Jane Fonda.

Jane Fonda, says James.

Well, it earns a buzz from the audience.

Let's find out what that means.

Jane Fonda. Is it right?

And if it is, how many people said Jane Fonda?

No. I'm afraid not.

Jane Fonda, James, scores you 100 points.

I think that was a disapproving buzz from an entire coach.

-LAUGHTER

-I think, there...

Jane Russell was the answer.

Good answer, though, would have scored you 11 points.

Now, the primatologist whose name you had referred to

was Jane Goodall. Would have scored you nine points.

-Played Sue Sylvester in Glee. Have you remembered yet?

-No.

Jane Lynch.

Would have scored seven.

-And the actress and entrepreneur...

-Jane Asher.

Jane Asher. And she would have scored 36.

So, the best answer on the board is Jane Lynch.

-Well done if you said that.

-Thanks very much.

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

Ooh! They're all high ending, I would say, these scores.

Apart from 42, of course, Jack.

Jack and Meena looking very strong there.

At 77, Alan and Alison.

And 100, James and Nash.

I mean, Nash, anything could happen on the next board

but make sure you don't go for a nice, comfortable easy answer.

It needs to be a low score. We're coming back down the line, now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

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

We have got...

I'll read all of those again.

There we are. Now, remember, we're looking for these famous Janes.

And, Nash, we need a low scoring one from you.

I think I've got a couple.

I'm going to go for the New Zealand director as Jane Campion.

Jane Campion, says Nash.

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

but let's see how far down the column we get with Jane Campion.

It's right. I think this is going to be a very good score.

Look at that, Nash. Very well done indeed.

Four. APPLAUSE

It's exactly what we needed.

And you might have kept yourselves in the game there.

-Very well done.

-Great work, Nash, given yourself a chance there.

She won an Oscar for her screenplay for The Piano.

Nominated, as well, as director, but didn't win.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Alison. Alison, you're on 77.

The high scorers, at the moment, 104, Nash and James.

So, 26 or less.

I think I'm going to go for the fifth one.

The third wife of Henry VIII,

and say Jane Seymour.

Jane Seymour, says Alison.

Let's see how many of our 100 people got that.

There is your red line.

It's right.

APPLAUSE 50 for that.

127 is your total.

Nash and James, welcome back into the game.

Very nicely done.

Yeah, the first of his wives not to undergo a coronation.

Jane Seymour. I imagine, by that time, he thought, what's the point?

-He's going to run out of crowns.

-Yeah, exactly.

Thanks very much. Now then, Meena,

you are on 42.

If you can score 84 or less, you are through to the next round.

I have no idea about any of the ones that are left, unfortunately,

so I'm going to have to guess.

And I'm going to say Jane Fonda for the first one.

For Barbarella? Jane Fonda, says Meena.

Complete guess.

There is your red line.

If you get below it, you are through to the next round.

How many of our 100 people said Jane Fonda?

It is Jane Fonda.

And through you go to the head-to-head.

Very well done indeed. APPLAUSE

Scores you 72, which is good enough,

taking your total up to 114.

Yeah. Very well played, Meena,

that was nicely done, wasn't it?

Goodness me. The best actress Oscar winner

and married to Reagan was Jane Wyman.

Audience, the blonde bombshell?

Jayne Mansfield.

Jayne Mansfield. Absolutely.

That would have scored 24.

-And played Bubble in Absolutely Fabulous?

-Jane Horrocks.

Jane Horrocks. And she would have scored you 48.

So, Jane Campion, Nash, best answer on the board.

There we are. Thanks very much, Richard.

So at the end of our second round, the pair we have to say goodbye to,

I'm afraid, Alison and Alan, for the second time.

Been wonderful having you on.

I'm sorry we haven't got you further than this.

But very well played. Great to have you here.

Thank you so much. Alison and Alan.

APPLAUSE

But for James and Nash, Jack and Meena,

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

APPLAUSE

Congratulations, James and Nash, Jack and Meena.

You are now one step closer to the final

and the chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at £5,000.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

So, here we are. We've reached the head-to-head

which means you can now confer before giving your answers.

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

Jack and Meena. First appearance on the show,

straight through to the head-to-head. Very, very well done.

James and Nash, your second appearance on the show.

Second appearance in the head-to-head round

and as our low scoring pair.

Yeah, you gave us a bit of a run-around there.

Nash, you did very, very well to dig James out

after his incorrect answer in that last round.

But, here you are, back as our golden couple.

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

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Here is your first question. And it concerns:

-Richard.

-Going to show you now the names of five works of art

and the initials of the gallery you will find them in.

Can you tell us what those galleries are, please?

Thank you very much indeed.

OK. Let's reveal our five works of art and here they come.

We have got...

I'll read those all again.

James and Nash will go first.

WHISPERING

Um, I think...

Ooh, this is a tricky one. I think we're going to try the first one.

The National Gallery.

The National Gallery, say James and Nash. The National Gallery.

Jack and Meena, talk us through the rest of the board, if you can.

We know that the third one down is The Louvre.

We think the fourth one down is a museum in Amsterdam.

But I don't know how to pronounce it correctly.

THEY LAUGH

It's, like R I J K S museum.

Cos I feel like The Louvre is going to be higher

than The National Gallery.

We'll go for Rijksmuseum.

-The Rijksmuseum.

-Yes, yes.

-OK.

So, we have The National Gallery and we have the Rijksmuseum.

James and Nash have gone for The National Gallery.

Let's see if that's right for The Hay Wain.

Let's see how many people said it.

It's right.

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31.

Jack and Meena have gone for the Rijksmuseum.

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

Is it right?

It is absolutely right.

THEY CHUCKLE

-Go lower! Go lower! Go! Go!

-Amazing.

And there you are, wins you the point.

Very well done, indeed.

Down it goes to six, the Rijksmuseum.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

And it means after one question Jack and Meena are up 1-0.

And you spelt it beautifully.

Absolutely perfect, yeah, very well done.

It's pronounced "Raiks" museum, but the spelling was exemplary.

And it's a right answer, as well.

Now, the birth of Venus, Sandro Botticelli,

-is in...

-The Uffizi.

the Uffizi. Yep.

That would have scored you 12.

You were right to avoid the Louvre.

Would have scored 61.

And the best answer up there...

Guernica, one of the most famous paintings of the 20th century

is in the Reina Sofia in Madrid.

And if you knew that, you've just got a pointless answer.

-Very well done.

-Thank you very much, indeed, Richard.

So, here comes your second question.

James and Nash, I'm getting deja vu here.

You have to win this one to stay in the game.

So, best of luck,

because Jack and Meena will get to answer it first.

Our second question is all about...

Fictional soldiers, Richard.

Yeah, even worse news, gents, this is a film question.

LAUGHTER

We're going to show you five pictures now of fictional soldiers

in films. We need you to tell us the name of the film, please.

OK. Let's reveal our five fictional soldiers and here they come.

We have got...

There we are.

Five fictional soldiers.

You just need to tell us which films they are from.

Jack and Meena will go first.

WHISPERING

OK.

We are, kind of, taking a guess.

-THEY CHUCKLE

-As usual.

And we're going to say The Hurt Locker, for C.

C, The Hurt Locker.

C, The Hurt Locker. Now, James and Nash, that board is all yours.

If you want to talk us through it and supply names.

Well, I think we know four of them.

I famously know D because I once projected it upside down

-during a lecture.

-LAUGHTER

-And they couldn't tell.

-And they couldn't tell.

That was Apocalypse Now.

I think C is Jarhead.

C is Jarhead.

A is The Hurt Locker.

And B's Saving Private Ryan.

Can't remember the name of E...

even though I've seen it.

But shall we go... Which one shall we go for?

Let's go Apocalypse Now.

Might as well. Apocalypse Now.

OK, you're going to say D, Apocalypse Now.

So, we have The Hurt Locker for C,

from Jack and Meena.

Let's see if that's right,

let's see how many of our 100 people said The Hurt Locker for C.

No. Not right.

Which means, James and Nash,

you merely have to be correct with this and you are back in the game,

and you have gone for Apocalypse Now, for D.

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

Well done. Back in.

20. APPLAUSE

20 for Apocalypse now.

And that means, after two questions, it's 1-1.

That landed very nicely. He looks so young there, Martin Sheen,

-doesn't he?

-Yeah.

-Isn't that amazing?

Took us through the board beautifully there.

A is The Hurt Locker.

That would have scored you eight points.

It's the best answer up there, actually.

Saving Private Ryan's 52 points.

Jarhead. Quite right. That's 16 points.

-And the last one?

-Private Benjamin.

Private Benjamin, that would have scored 51.

Thank you very much indeed.

OK, here comes the third question. This is the decider.

James and Nash, this is where you went out last time.

Is that going to happen again, I wonder? Let's see.

Best of luck to both pairs.

Our third question is all about...

LAUGHTER

-Richard?

-I like that it gets a laugh at least.

Yeah. Were going to show you five clues now about the wonderful city

of Norwich. Whichever team gives us the most obscure answer

is going through to play for that £5,000 jackpot.

Let's reveal our five clues. Here they come. We've got...

I'll read them again.

James and Nash will go first.

I think we're going to take a bit of a risk.

We know a few but we think they might be high-scoring.

So, I'm going to go for the bottom one and Nash is going to hate me

if this is wrong.

Sir John Houblon?

H O U B L O N.

Sir John Houblon, says James.

OK. Sir John Houblon, for the Quaker philanthropist.

Now then, Jack and Meena.

It's over to you.

Talk us through that board, if you can.

We know the DJ, which is Alan Partridge.

And we think the cookery writer might be Delia Smith.

But shall we go for that?

Yeah...

We're going to go for Delia Smith, the cookery writer.

Delia Smith, say Jack and Meena.

So, Sir John Houblon is James and Nash's answer

for the Quaker philanthropist. Let's see if that's right.

Sir John Houblon.

How many people said it, if it's right?

No!

Oh, I'm sorry.

Pointless loves it when people do that cos quite often they're right.

-I think I know the right answer now.

-Oh, I'm sorry!

Anyway, Jack and Meena, you merely have to be right with Delia Smith,

which is also a bit of a punt for the cookery writer.

Let's see if it's right.

If it is, you go through to the final.

I'm afraid...

-Ooh!

-..for James and Nash's sake...

..that is a correct answer.

It means very well done, Jack and Meena.

After three questions, you are through to the final, 2-1.

Yeah. Sir John Houblon,

he was the first governor of the Bank of England.

-Who would you have gone for now?

-Elizabeth Fry.

It was Elizabeth Fry.

Yeah, it was Elizabeth Fry,

and she would have seen you through to the final, as well.

-Just eight points.

-GENERAL GROANING

That is unlucky.

-Author of His Dark Materials?

-Philip Pullman.

Philip Pullman. 28 Points.

It lies on the river...

Wensum.

Wensum, and that would have scored you five.

And you're quite right about Steve Coogan.

Played Alan Partridge.

And would have scored 40 points.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So the pair leaving as at the end of the head-to-head round

for the second time, I'm afraid, it's James and Nash.

Oh...

I'm sorry. Pointless bridesmaids,

never Pointless brides. LAUGHTER

I'm so sorry. It's been wonderful having you on both shows.

Really strong performance.

Very exciting performance across this show.

You kept us on tenterhooks, there.

I'm afraid this is where we say goodbye.

Thank you so much for playing. James and Nash, very well done.

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But for Jack and Meena, it's now time for our Pointless final.

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Well, congratulations,

Jack and Meena, you've seen off all the competition.

And you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £5,000.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well, what about that?

One show, you just come straight in,

straight through to the final,

and now playing for a massive jackpot.

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

Well, literature, so that Meena can answer all of the questions.

-HE GIGGLES

-Music would be quite good.

-Yeah.

-Music would be good. Like, Pop music.

-Yeah.

-What else? A bit more geography?

-Some geography. That'd be good.

OK. Well, you know what it's like in this last round.

We put four things up on the board there

and you've just got to hope for something that is close to something

-that you might know.

-Yeah.

Best of luck. Let's see what today's selection looks like.

We've got...

THEY LAUGH IN DISBELIEF

SYMPATHETIC LAUGHTER

-Oh!

-Right.

Can we do that again?

LAUGHTER

I've no idea... I'm thinking Tom Hardy's co-stars.

Yeah, shall we just go with that?

Pick some random actresses and actors, maybe.

It might be films.

Let's just go with that. We're not going to get Opera.

LAUGHTER

-Tom Hardy's co-stars, please?

-Tom Hardy's co-stars, Richard.

OK, very best of luck. We're looking for anybody who starred

alongside Tom Hardy,

according to IMDB in any of these three films, please.

So, anyone credited with appearing alongside Tom Hardy

in one of those three films. Very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

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

All you need to win the jackpot is for just one of those answers

to be pointless. Are you ready?

-Yeah.

-Yes.

-OK.

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

-Your time starts now.

-OK, right.

-I haven't seen any of them.

-JACK LAUGHS

No! Nor me.

-The Dark Knight Rises, I think.

-It'll have to be an educated guess.

Yes, we need some obscure actors that would be in that.

I'm thinking Danny DeVito.

Really?

Is he old? He's quite old.

Mad Max. What's Mad Max about?

Is that the one with all the four... Those different men?

-Yeah.

-Is it? OK.

Thinking about Liam Neeson, like...

Arnold Schwarzenegger.

-These are really obvious, aren't they?

-No. Not to me.

What's the other guy... What's the guy who does Die Hard?

-Bruce Willis?

-Bruce Willis, yeah.

And what's that other bald guy?

That the bald guy that does... Oh, my God!

-What about Legend? It's very recent.

-What's Legend about?

It's about boxing.

-OK.

-I honestly...

I don't think I've even seen the trailers for these films.

Oh, my God, we haven't got any and we've got 15 seconds.

-We'll go with Liam Neeson.

-Yeah. Bruce Willis.

Ten seconds left.

How about somebody like Helen Mirren?

Then we have to pick which film she's in.

HE CHUCKLES

-Oh, no. The Dark Knight Rises.

-Yeah, shall we do that?

-Maybe she's got a cameo.

-MEENA LAUGHS

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

It's never long enough, that minute, is it?

We're going to say Liam Neeson for Mad Max.

Liam Neeson.

And we're going to say... (Bruce Willis?)

-Bruce Willis, Mad Max.

-Bruce Willis.

-(Shall we say Helen Mirren?

-Go on.)

We'll also put Helen Mirren in there, as well.

Helen Mirren in Mad Max.

Any of those you'd like to nominate

-as your most likely Pointless answer?

-I think Liam Neeson.

I think Liam Neeson, very good one for last.

Least likely to be pointless?

BOTH: Helen Mirren. LAUGHTER

Helen Mirren. OK. And Bruce Willis in the middle.

OK. Well, let's put those answers up on the board,

in that order, then. And here they are.

We've got...

Well, very good luck.

If one of these happens to win that jackpot for you,

£5,000. What would you do that? Jack, you first.

I'd probably...

buy a new suit.

-That'd be nice.

-Just fabulous.

Any particular kind of suit you're looking for? Gold?

Yeah, I don't know.

Meena, what would you like to do with your share?

-I would definitely go on holiday.

-Mm.

-Possibly to New York.

-I've been before but I absolutely loved it. So...

-Ooh.

Very good. Well, best of luck. Your first answer is Helen Mirren.

In this case, in fact, in all three cases,

we're looking for cast members of Mad Max: Fury Road, the 2015 film.

If Helen Mirren is pointless, she will win you £5,000.

Is she right, though?

She's not right.

Sadly, Helen Mirren is not in Mad Max: Fury Road.

But don't worry, you've got two more answers on the board.

We've still got Bruce Willis and Liam Neeson waiting up there

on the bench. Bruce Willis.

Let's find out if he is in Mad Max: Fury Road.

If he in it, and he is pointless, he will win you £5,000.

How many people said Bruce Willis?

Bruce Willis, I'm afraid, also joining Helen Mirren...

not in Mad Max: Fury Road.

So, your last answer is Liam Neeson.

Let us find out if Liam Neeson was in Mad Max: Fury Road.

Let's find out how many people said Liam Neeson, if he was.

For £5,000, is it pointless?

-No. Bad luck.

-Oh, that's so bad.

I'm afraid none of them was in Mad Max Fury Road.

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I'm so sorry. It's always tough, though,

if you get a category and you just don't quite know...

-Any of them.

-THEY CHUCKLE

..don't quite know those films. Well, it was a game attempt, anyway.

But I'm afraid you didn't manage to find

that all-important pointless answer,

so you don't win today's jackpot of £5,000.

That, therefore, will roll over onto the next show.

But you've done so well.

I mean, really, really well, right across the show.

Lovely low scoring.

And, for that, you get a wonderful pointless trophy each

to take home. So, very well done for that, Jack and Meena.

APPLAUSE

Yeah. You've been great fun, as well. You know what,

it's worth a guess, sometimes.

Like, Liam Neeson is not in Mad Max, but you know what film he is in?

he's in the Dark Knight Rises,

and he was a pointless answer, as well.

AUDIENCE GROANS

Imagine that. Imagine that.

Now, actors in the film Legend. Let's take a look at that first.

The singer Duffy has a role in that film.

John Sessions plays Lord Boothby.

Kevin McNally plays Harold Wilson, in the film. Tara Fitzgerald...

Everyone pointless there apart from David Thewlis, Taron Egerton,

Christopher Ecclestone and Emily Browning.

Every other member of the cast was a pointless answer.

Well done if you said any of those.

We will move on now to Mad Max: Fury Road.

Everyone pointless in that apart from Charlize Theron,

Nicholas Hoult, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

and Nathan Jones.

-And The Dark Knight. Some big names here.

-Oh...

Burn Gorman from Torchwood, Cillian Murphy from Peaky Blinders,

many other things as well...

And Liam Neeson. All of those pointless.

Every one pointless there apart from Christian Bale, Michael Caine,

Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman, Marion Cotilliard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt,

and Morgan Freeman. Everyone else, a pointless answer.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Well, thank you, Jack and Meena.

I'm sorry you didn't win our jackpot today.

But that will then roll over onto the next show

when we will be playing for £6,000.

APPLAUSE

It's getting bigger and bigger!

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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