Episode 33 Pointless

APPLAUSE

Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong,

and welcome to Pointless,

the show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

I'm Will, this is my wife, Polly.

We're from the village of Sutton Bonington in Nottinghamshire.

Couple number two.

My name's Paul, this is Scott.

We're colleagues and friends from Birmingham.

Couple number three.

I'm Andy, this is my mum Trudy, and we're from London.

And finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Samarth and this is Karan.

He's from Manchester and I'm from London.

And these are today's contestants.

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A very warm welcome to each and every one of you.

We'll get a chance to chat to each of you throughout the show as it goes along.

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

He's just too good to be true, can't take my eyes off of him,

or he might run off with the questions. It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.

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-Hiya.

Hey, everybody. Hiya.

Hello, sir.

-Hello.

-We've given away two jackpots in a row, haven't we?

-I know.

-Lovely Andrew and Alison won it last time, very impressive stuff.

Two returning pairs from that show.

We've got Paul and Scott, who got knocked out in Round One.

We need to see a little bit more of them this time, hopefully.

And Samarth and Karan on podium four got knocked out in Round Two.

So no-one here who's been through to a head-to-head as yet.

It's a wide-open field, I would say.

-It is, I'd say, yeah.

-I would say it is as well.

-I agree with you.

-You would have said it first.

Yeah, but you would have said it anyway.

I think I would have done.

Shall we get on with the show?

Now, Alison and Andrew 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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As if you would forget this, but I'm just going to say it all the same.

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

eliminated. The highest score.

So just keep those scores low.

Best of luck to all four pairs. Our first category this afternoon 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.

-Seven clues on each pass,

the answer to each of them are women who have held various positions of

power in various countries.

Just need you to tell us the name of the women, please.

There's going to be 14 to have a go at at home, so very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

So, we are looking for the answers to these clues to powerful women.

Our first board of seven reads like this.

I shall read those all one last time.

There we are. Will, welcome.

Great to have you here from your village near Loughborough.

-What's the name of your village, did you say?

-Sutton Bonington.

-In Nottinghamshire.

-Yeah.

-And what keeps you busy up there, Will?

I've been retired nine years now,

but what did keep me busy was, soon after we retired we built our own

house, and lived in a caravan with three dogs and two cats through the

winter of 2010.

When was the house meant to be ready by?

It was ready when it was meant to be ready.

OK. So you volunteered to go through the winter in a caravan?

-You thought all the animals would keep you warm?

-We didn't know the weather was going to be so bad.

-What month did you move into the house?

-April, just before Easter, as we'd hoped.

Oh, that must have been heaven.

-Space. Dog beds.

-It was quite a change, yes.

Will, what would you like to go for on our historic board?

I think I'll go for the first one, the Nine-Day Queen.

I believe that was Lady Jane Grey.

Lady Jane Grey, says Will.

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

It's right.

Down it goes, 14.

Very well done, Will, great start to the show.

14 for Lady Jane Grey.

-Yeah, it's a very good start to the show, Lady Jane Grey. Good name as well.

-Mmm.

-Mmm.

-Mmm.

-Mmm. Mmm.

Paul, welcome back.

-Hello.

-Now, Paul,

we had to say goodbye to you last time in Round One.

-Yes.

-Way too soon, way too soon.

Today, obviously, hoping to go much, much further.

Paul, remind us what you do.

I'm a police officer.

A police officer. Have you been a police officer all your adult career?

No, only the last eight years.

What were you doing before that?

I worked in construction design work, which is a lot different.

Yeah, very different.

-Complete change.

-I got bored of the rat race and just thought I wanted

-to try something with a bit of variety.

-How nice.

And how long was the training for the changeover from one...?

18 weeks.

OK. And do you come down to London for a part of that?

-Is that something that every police officer does?

-No, it's just all in Birmingham.

-Very good.

-Now, Paul.

-Yes.

Our historical powerful women board.

How are you finding it?

I think I know the last Queen of Egypt, which...

-..Cleopatra.

-Cleopatra, says Paul.

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

It's right. 14 is our only score at this point.

44 is where you end up, Paul.

Not bad. Not bad at all.

Well played, Paul. Yes.

She committed suicide by allowing a cobra to bite her.

Hmm!

-Bit much.

-Mmm, a little bit.

Thank you very much, Richard.

-Now, Trudy, a warm welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

What do you do, Trudy?

I'm retired, but the saying goes I never knew how I found time to work,

cos I'm a very busy lady doing charity work and also travelling.

I have three pals who I used to work with, we're called the Golden Girls,

and we go away each year for about a week or so.

I bet you have a riot.

-We do!

-Imagine being on holiday with the Golden Girls!

Look how long-suffering Andy looks, by the way.

He's not invited!

-You know what, he looks gutted about that, doesn't he?

-Yeah!

With four old ladies, yeah.

Where are the Golden Girls going next, Trudy?

Well, we've just been to Scotland and Ireland.

We went to the Orkneys and the Hebrides, which was a lot of fun.

We're working on next year as we speak.

OK, very well. Keep us posted, Trudy.

-Will do.

-What would you like to go for on this board?

I am going to go for the last Stuart monarch,

and hope that it's Queen Anne.

Queen Anne, says Trudy.

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

It is Queen Anne.

44 is our high score, 14 is our low.

You pass the high.

You pass the low. Down to six.

Very well done indeed, Trudy.

Very well played, Trudy.

Terrific answer. Yeah, one of her footmen was William Fortnum,

and while he was working for her he rented a room off Hugh Mason and

-suggested they go into business, and they opened Fortnum & Mason's.

-Wow.

-Yeah.

-Isn't that extraordinary?

-Yeah.

-How about that?

-There you are. Thank you.

Now, Karan.

Welcome back to Pointless. Remind us what you do, Karan.

-So, I'm a doctor.

-You are a doctor, in intensive care.

In intensive care at the moment, yes.

Now, I mean, that must be quite high stress, mustn't it?

It can be.

Patients can be really unwell, but often they can be unwell but stable,

-so...

-I see.

-It varies day to day, but that's what I like about it.

OK, yeah. A slightly high-pressure situation to be in, I'd have thought,

of all the departments. Now, Karan, what are your interests?

So I really like cooking in my spare time.

Do you have a particular kind of thing that is your favourite speciality

-to cook?

-I've got a nice little pizza recipe that I can...

So what's your secret?

Oh, well, if I told you, it wouldn't be a secret.

I suddenly realised that, yes.

OK...

Karan, what would you like to go for on this board?

History's not a strong point of mine.

I will guess the Queen of France...

..executed after the revolution, perhaps,

hopefully, Marie Antoinette.

Marie Antoinette, says Karan.

Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people said Marie Antoinette.

Still going down. 30, not bad at all.

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30 for Marie Antoinette.

Well played, everybody, there.

Austrian princess, she married Louis XVI when she was 14 years old,

Marie Antoinette. We will start at the bottom.

Very well done if you said that.

Very well done if you said that, it's a pointless answer.

Thank you very much. We're halfway through the round

so let's have a little look at those scores.

Gold star to the Golden Girl, Trudy.

Six, beautifully low score there.

Very well done indeed. Then we travel up to 14, Will and Polly,

up to 30, where we find Karan and Samarth,

and then 44, Paul and Scott.

So, Scott, you're the high-scorers.

Let's have a low score from you in this next pass, please, Scott.

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

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put seven more historical clues to powerful women

up on the board, and here they are.

I'm going to read those all again.

There we are. Now, Samarth, welcome back.

Now, remind us what you do, Samarth.

I freelance for a motorsports magazine.

See, that is fun.

How far do you travel to do all your coverage?

It's about, like, a two-and-a-half-hour drive sometimes.

I see. So it's very much UK-based?

-Yeah.

-Samarth, there you are, you're on 30.

The high-scorers at the moment, Scott and Paul on 44.

13 or less would guarantee you a place in the next round.

This is a tough one for me.

I'm going to have to go for the bottom one and go for Queen Mary.

Queen Mary. Queen Mary, says Samarth.

Let's see if that's right. Here is your red line.

It's quite low, but let's see how far down the column

we get with Queen Mary.

It's right.

Not bad. 49, takes your total up to 79.

Yeah, the daughter of Catherine of Aragon.

The Tudors were very much the sort of Kardashians of their day,

-weren't they?

-I believe so.

-In a very real sense.

-Slightly worse behaved, to be fair.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

Now, Andy. Welcome to Pointless. Good to have you here.

-What do you do, Andy?

-I work in marketing for an insurance company.

Very good. Where do you do that, in London?

I work in Hayes, which is also where I live.

-In Middlesex.

-Yes.

-I see, yes.

And what are your interests, Andy?

Big sports fan, big football fan, and I'm also a drummer.

I play the drums in a band.

-What kind of band is it?

-Rock music.

-Rock music.

-Yeah.

-OK, very good.

But covers, or original compositions?

No, originals. Our own stuff, yeah.

Very good for you. Drumming.

They always say, the drummers in bands,

they outlive everyone else in bands because they're so fit.

-I hope so, yeah.

-Yeah.

There we are.

That's a long way off yet, obviously.

-Sure, sure.

-But anyway, to our board of historical figures.

-OK.

-Who are you going to go for?

Yeah, it's not the best for me.

I think I'm going to go for the third one,

19th-century British monarch.

I think that's Queen Victoria.

Queen Victoria, the Grandmother of Europe.

Let's see if that's right. Here is your red line, nice and high.

Get below that with Queen Victoria and you are into Round Two.

Well done.

There we are, 40.

Taking your total up to 46, a nice low total.

Yeah, pretty poor show from our 100 there,

only 40 of them getting Queen Victoria.

Her grandchildren were very, very heavily involved in World War I

because of course there was George in England

and there was Kaiser Wilhelm.

They did not have Christmas, I don't think, in 1915.

I don't think they had a big family get-together.

-I don't think they did, no.

-Can you imagine?

She should have banged their heads together, I think.

She should have. Come down as a ghost.

Oh, yes, of course, yes, at that point she was no longer with us.

A lot of ghosts can't do physical things.

No, that's true.

There we are. Now, Scott.

-Hello.

-Scott, welcome back.

-Remind us what you do.

-Police officer, Birmingham.

-Police officer.

-22 years.

What are your interests, aside from the long arm of the law?

I like cooking as well, reading books, sport.

Good stuff. OK, now, Scott, what would you like to go for?

None of them, to be fair.

I don't know any of them.

That's why my daughter's going to kill me

about the second wife of Henry VIII, because I should know it.

Jane Seymour.

Jane Seymour for the second wife of Henry VIII.

There is your red line.

Let's see what happens when we say Jane Seymour.

I'm sorry, Scott.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

it takes your total up to 144.

-Not Jane Seymour, I'm afraid.

-Sorry, Scott.

We'll give the correct answer at the end of the pass.

There we are. Thank you very much indeed.

Now then, Polly, welcome to Pointless.

Lovely to have you here.

Polly, what do you do?

Well, I'm retired now, but I've got quite a few interests.

What was the last job you did?

The last bit of paid employment, I used to run chicken-keeping courses.

Yeah, well, obviously. Yes.

How long is the course for chicken-keeping?

It was all day, and...

LAUGHTER

Oh, right, so it's all day. I was going to say, there's not...

I mean, we keep chickens,

and I'm sorry to say I haven't been on a course as such yet.

-Right.

-What are the basic things you have to learn?

We teach you where the cloaca is.

Obviously, yes, the cloaca.

And the question I'm asked most frequently is, do you need a cock to

produce eggs? And the answer is no.

Yes. To produce chicks, yes, but eggs, no.

There we are. OK, now, Polly, you're through to the next round.

Would you like to talk us through the board

and fill in all the blanks?

The top one's on the tip of my tongue but won't come.

I haven't got a clue about the Chinese ruler.

The second wife of Henry VIII is Anne Boleyn.

And I think the Queen of Denmark is Queen Margrethe,

but I'm not 100% certain, so I'll go for Anne Boleyn, please.

Anne Boleyn, says Polly.

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

There's no red line because you're already through.

33, not bad at all.

47 is your total.

Yes, let's fill in some of these. Some low scorers up here.

Wu Zetian was a pointless answer, so very well done if you said that.

Thank you very much, Richard. We are at the end of our first round.

The pair we have to say goodbye to, with their high score of 144,

oh, Scott and Paul.

It's too soon, it's too soon.

For the second time, we have to send you away.

It's been great having you on the show, thank you so much for playing.

-Scott and Paul.

-Thank you.

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

And just like that, we're down to three pairs.

And at the end of this round, just like that,

we will be down to two pairs.

Trudy, very, very well done,

our lowest score of the whole round there.

Fabulous low-scoring.

And thanks to that, Trudy and Andy, our lowest combined score as well.

But best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for our next round is...

Can you all decide in your pairs who is 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...

..as they could.

Curium and mendelevium.

Simply looking for any element on the periodic table that appears

alphabetically between those two, please, and that's as of June 2016.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Now, Polly.

I'm going to go for einsteinium.

Einsteinium, says Polly, getting a vigorous nod from Samarth.

Let's see if it's right.

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

It's right.

Look at that. Very well done indeed. Down it goes to eight.

-Eight for einsteinium.

-Well played.

Yes, it's a radioactive metal.

They only make a few milligrams each year, tiny amounts.

Thank you, Richard. Now, Trudy.

-Holmium.

-Holmium, holmium.

Let's see if it's right,

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

It's right. Einsteinium scored eight.

Holmium leaves eight in its wake...

Very, very well done indeed, Trudy.

That adds £250 to today's jackpot, takes the total up to...

And it scores you nothing. Very well done indeed.

That's a terrific answer, Trudy, very well played.

Can I ask if you have in-depth chemistry knowledge,

or do you have in-depth knowledge of chemistry rounds on Pointless?

-The latter.

-Yeah.

-And a book of lists.

-Perfect. Holmium is good

because we tend to go for some of the longer ones,

and holmium is always there as a pointless answer.

That's very impressive. I'm not sure anyone's used it before.

I mean, they've used it in the world,

-but I don't think anyone's used it on Pointless before.

-No, no.

Thank you very much indeed.

Samarth.

Yeah.

OK, francium. I'm going to go for francium.

Francium. OK, let's see how many of our 100 people said francium.

It's right.

Down it goes. Eight our high, nought our low.

Down to two.

Very well done indeed, Samarth.

Two for francium.

Yeah, and the existence of that was discovered by Marguerite Perey

-a long time ago.

-Way back.

-Francium.

-Francium.

-French fancies, you get those little...

-Fondant francies, they call them.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

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

Well, nothing, Trudy. Once again, Trudy the Golden Girl.

Then up to two, where we find Samarth and Karan.

Then up to eight, where we find Polly and Will.

So, Will, who would have thought that would be a high score?

We are requiring a low score from you when we get to you,

so good luck with that. We'll come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

Now then, Karan, that's a man who is confident.

I think you've got a good answer there, Karan.

-Wow, OK.

-I think, I think.

I... The name dubnium is coming to mind.

Dubnium.

OK. Here is your red line. It's quite low.

Let's see if you can get below this with dubnium.

How many of our 100 people said it?

You've done it.

Down to pointless! Very well done indeed.

That's another pointless answer,

adds another £250 to today's jackpot.

Takes the total up to...

Scores you nothing, leaves your total at two.

Very well done indeed.

It's terrific stuff, and again, not one of the usual suspects,

dubnium, so it's a very good answer.

Again, a highly radioactive metal,

only a few atoms have ever been made.

Quite right. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Now. Oh, Andy, imagine if we could get double pointless.

What about that, double pointless? Trudy, do you think he's up to it?

Absolutely. That's my boy!

-LAUGHTER

-No pressure!

-OK. Quite a lot of pressure, I think, Andy, there.

-Yeah.

What are you going to go for?

I'm going to go for germanium.

Germanium. Germanium.

OK. Here is your red line.

Get below that with germanium, you're through to the head-to-head.

Let's see how far down the column we get.

It's right.

You're through.

Down to one!

Down to one, Andy, that's really not bad at all.

One is superb,

takes your total up to one, the lowest total of the round.

It's no holmium, though, really, Andy,

-if we're honest with ourselves, is it?

-No, it's poor, it's poor.

Germanium, they commercially make it from the coal dust from

coal-fired power stations.

What do they then do with germanium, Richard?

You use it to grow geraniums.

LAUGHTER

-Lovely.

-It's lovely, you just mix it with the soil.

-Beautiful.

-Nice.

-Beautiful.

-Lovely.

-Yeah.

-Thank you.

Now, Will. Oh, Will.

I'm so sorry. How did I know they were going to be so brilliant?

I'm sorry. There you are on eight.

Nothing wrong with eight, it's a fabulous score.

It just happens to be the high score.

-And you haven't even given an answer yet.

-Right.

So we're looking for a pointless answer, Will.

I'll try flerovium.

Flerovium.

Let us see what happens when we say flerovium.

There's no red line for you, I'm afraid, Will,

because you're the high-scorers.

It's right.

It's going to be a lovely low score. Down it goes.

Oh, it's a pointless answer, Will!

It's another pointless answer,

it adds another £250 to today's jackpot,

takes the total up to...

Scores you nothing, leaves your total at eight, Will.

Well, what a round.

We had a round recently where seven got knocked out.

Eight getting knocked out is really unlucky.

It's unbelievable that Polly comes here with einsteinium,

which in old-school Pointless is a brilliant answer.

-I mean, it's a great answer.

-My other answer was going to be indium.

Now, indium would have scored you one point.

Oh!

What a round. Terrific stuff.

-There's more pointless answers.

-We'll go through some of them here.

Very familiar, some of those.

Very well done if you said any of those at home.

Shall we take a look at the top three answers?

-Let's do that.

-We haven't been anywhere close to them.

Let's take a look.

Always rising to the top, helium on 28.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. At the end of our second round,

the pair we have to send home with their high score of eight...

And, Will, not only that, you leave us with a pointless answer.

-A legacy for...

-Exactly.

Greater love hath no man than this!

He gives £250 to the jackpot that he won't be here to play for.

It's been great having you. We'll see you again next time.

Will and Polly, thanks very much.

But for the remaining two pairs, it is now time for our head-to-head.

Congratulations, Trudy and Andy, Karan and Samarth,

you are one step closer to the final and a chance to play for

that jackpot, which currently stands at £1,750.

Well, we are here at the head-to-head round,

which means you are allowed to confer before you give your answers.

And the first pair to win two questions

will be playing for that jackpot.

This, I think, is going to be an absolute epic head-to-head.

Neither player has been here before.

Karan and Samarth, you are a returning pair,

but it was the end of Round Two we had to say goodbye to you last time.

Trudy and Andy just storming through each round as our low scorers.

In that first round, between you, all four of you together,

we had three points.

There we are. I mean, who knows what's going to happen?

But it's going to be hard-fought.

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

OK.

And our first question this afternoon is all about

players who have won the Fifa Ballon d'Or.

-Richard?

-Simply going to show you five pictures now of players

who have won the Ballon d'Or. You just have to tell us

-who the most obscure of these is, please.

-OK.

Let's reveal our five players.

Here they come. We've got...

There we are, five Ballon d'Or winners.

Trudy and Andy, you are our low scorers, so you will go first.

OK.

THEY WHISPER

We're going to go for...

..C, Jean-Pierre Papin.

Jean-Pierre Papin, say Trudy and Andy.

Jean-Pierre Papin.

Karan and Samarth, do you want to

talk us through the rest of that board?

This is terrible, because I actually do watch a lot of football,

-to his annoyance...

-I do not watch any football.

-This is not my round.

-I mean, I know A.

That's Cristiano Ronaldo.

But I'm just going to have to hazard a guess here,

because I think they've gone for a pretty good one.

I'm going to go for Eusebio.

-For...?

-B.

For B. B, Eusebio.

So, Trudy and Andy have gone for Jean-Pierre Papin for C.

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

said Jean-Pierre Papin.

It's right.

It's right and it's a good score.

Down it goes to two.

Very well done indeed to Trudy and Andy.

Unstoppable force there.

Karan and Samarth have gone for B and said Eusebio.

Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

It is right, it's got to go all the way down to two.

16 for Eusebio.

Still a lovely low score.

But, Trudy and Andy, very well done. After one question, you're up 1-0.

Two very good answers there,

but Papin's a terrific answer, Andy, very well played.

Very good team, Andy and Trudy, aren't they?

It's the best answer on the board, it won't surprise you to hear.

Couldn't have beaten it. A is Cristiano Ronaldo.

Beaten comprehensively by George Best.

And the last one, this is the first-ever

winner of the Ballon d'Or,

also the first footballer to be knighted.

Well done if you got that at home.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Here comes your second question.

Karan and Samarth, you have to win this one

to stay in the game, so best of luck.

Our second question today is all about...

-Richard?

-Yeah, about to show you five clues now to Fictional Islands.

Can you give us the most obscure answer, please?

Thanks very much indeed.

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

I'm going to read those all again.

Karan and Samarth, you will go first.

THEY WHISPER

Yeah, we've got one, I think.

-OK.

-Do the honours, please.

We're going to say the children's TV show set on Sodor

was Thomas The Tank Engine.

Thomas The Tank Engine, say Karan and Samarth.

Now then, Trudy and Andy, something tells me you were about to say that.

-Yes.

-Yes.

Yes, that is correct.

Would you like to talk us through the rest of the board?

OK, so, first one is...

..I'm pretty sure it's Father Ted.

-Tracy Island is...

-Thunderbirds.

Thunderbirds, yeah.

Lilliput.

-And the last one...

-Last one, I'm not sure.

No.

Let's go for Thunderbirds.

No, no, no.

OK, the islands, we will go for Lilliput.

Lilliput. OK, Lilliput.

So we have Thomas The Tank Engine and Lilliput.

Karan and Samarth said Thomas The Tank Engine for Sodor.

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

It is right.

25.

25 for Thomas The Tank Engine.

Trudy and Andy, meanwhile, have gone for Lilliput,

the first island Gulliver lands on in his travels.

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

It's right.

34 for Lilliput.

Well done. Karan and Samarth back in the game.

After two questions, it is 1-1.

Yeah. Let's fill these gaps in. You're right about Father Ted,

that would not have won you the points, though.

Would have scored just 39.

You are right about Thunderbirds as well.

That's the biggest scorer up there - 56 points for that.

And you are right, it is a great film, Shutter Island, it really is,

and it is directed by Martin Scorsese.

And it would have scored you nine points

and seen you through to the final.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, it all comes down to this question.

Whoever wins this one goes through to the final and gets the chance

to win that jackpot that you've done so much to augment.

Best of luck to both pairs.

Our third question today is all about...

I'm going to show you the names now of the creators of five

British soap operas. We're also going to show

the first year they were shown and their initial.

Can you tell us what these soap operas are, please?

-Very best of luck.

-Thanks very much indeed.

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

I'll read those again.

So, Trudy and Andy will go first this time.

THEY WHISPER

We'll go for the second one down, Crossroads.

Crossroads, say Trudy and Andy for C.

Karan and Samarth, do you want to talk us through

-the rest of that board?

-Actually, I think I know them.

So the first one, we went for Coronation Street.

The third one is The Bill.

The fourth one, Emmerdale.

Last one, Hollyoaks.

And I am going to go for The Bill, Geoff McQueen.

OK, The Bill.

So we have Crossroads and we have The Bill.

Trudy and Andy have gone for Crossroads.

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

It's right.

Not bad, 22 for Crossroads.

Karan and Samarth have gone, meanwhile,

for The Bill for Geoff McQueen.

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

It's right.

Oh! Oh! Look at that.

Nine for The Bill.

What about that? Very well done indeed.

Karan and Samarth, after three questions,

you are through to the final, 2-1.

And those are the best two answers on the board as well,

so well played, everyone.

Terrific head-to-head. We knew it would be.

Tony Warren did indeed create Coronation Street.

Phil Redmond you knew at the bottom was Hollyoaks.

Julia Smith and Tony Holland, not Emmerdale but EastEnders.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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

it is Trudy and Andy.

Well, absolutely indomitable pair the whole way through the show.

I mean, low score after low score after low score.

Fantastic performance. We will see you again next time,

and I fancy you will be going all the way then,

but we shall see. Meantime, thank you so much, Trudy and Andy.

-Brilliant.

-Thank you.

But for Karan and Samarth, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Karan and Samarth.

You have fought off all the competition

and you have 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 £1,750.

Well, what a performance.

Superb. What would you like to see come up on this board?

Movies, books.

Anything. Maybe motorsport.

-It does come up.

-Motorsport would be nice.

-That would be good.

-But I'm not going to put any money on it.

OK, there we are. Well, listen, your choices today look like this.

Let's hope there's something you like the look of.

Oh...

Little Things is vague, it could...

-Let's go for Little Things.

-We will try Little Things.

You're going to go for Little Things.

-Richard?

-OK, very best of luck. Three very different questions here.

We're looking for any of the following, please.

We're looking for any cast member, according to IMDb,

of the 1994 film Little Women.

We are looking for any songs from the original 1998 film Little Voice.

We're looking for any of the authors

of any of the 80 Penguin Little Black Classics book collection

that came out in 2015.

So the cast of Little Women according to IMDb,

songs from Little Voice,

or any of those authors of the 80 Little Black Classics.

-Very best of luck.

-Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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

All you need to win that jackpot is for just one of your answers

to be pointless. Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Yes.

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

There they are. Your time starts now.

The first two, we don't know.

-Do you know any Little Women?

-I do not.

OK. Little Voice?

I don't even know what that is. OK, the third one.

-Any of the books. So, Jack Kerouac.

-You reckon?

I'm just saying. JD Salinger.

You are just picking some authors that might be Classics, yeah?

-Fine.

-Kurt Vonnegut.

I think we should go for Kurt Vonnegut.

-Got any authors?

-All right, so Kurt Vonnegut, you reckon?

What is The Life And Times Of Aleksandr Dostovich,

-Todd Dostovich?

-Dostoyevsky is the author.

You're thinking of Ivan Denisovich, which was Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,

-but I'm not sure that will be on it.

-Can we go for that?

-Yeah, why not?

-Because you can say it and I can't.

-OK, so Kurt Vonnegut.

-LAUGHTER

Fine. You want to say Solzhenitsyn.

Philip K Dick? Science fiction isn't classic.

Classic, classic, classic.

There's some great science fiction out there.

-Ten seconds left.

-Should we...?

-I mean, pick one.

-We can say Vonnegut.

We can say, I don't know, um...

Well, we will say Philip K Dick.

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

and if you can say which category you are answering in,

that would be great.

OK, we're going for the Penguin Little Black Classics.

OK, you've got three authors - let's hear them.

-First one...

-So we think Kurt Vonnegut.

Kurt Vonnegut.

-We will say Solzhenitsyn.

-Solzhenitsyn.

And we will say... What was the other one?

-Philip K Dick.

-And Philip K Dick.

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

I think it is Kurt Vonnegut, actually.

Kurt Vonnegut goes last.

-Least likely to be pointless?

-Probably Philip K Dick.

Philip K Dick. And the one that is hard to pronounce in the middle.

-Just, go on, say it again, Karan.

-Solzhenitsyn.

OK. Here they are.

We have got...

OK, three good answers on the board.

Who knows? Who knows what's going to happen here?

But one of those might win you a jackpot of £1,750,

which would be nice.

What would you like to do with that, Karan?

I love going on holiday. So, you know,

it would probably fund a pretty decent holiday.

That would be nice. Samarth, how about you?

I would like to go to a good motor race.

Like, a big one. So maybe Le Mans or something.

Also, buy my parents a meal because I guess, without them, you know,

-we wouldn't be here, would we?

-Thank goodness one of you said that.

There we are. OK, your first answer was Solzhenitsyn.

Let us see if this is right.

In all three cases,

we were looking for any author featured in

the Penguin Little Black Classics book collection.

Solzhenitsyn is just the first of these wonderful authors

that you have put up on the board. Let's see - if it is pointless,

Solzhenitsyn will win you £1,750.

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

Not a bad answer,

but I'm afraid Solzhenitsyn is not a correct answer.

So we will move very swiftly on to your next answer,

which is Philip K Dick.

Again, we're looking for any author featured in

the Penguin Little Black Classics book collection.

Philip K Dick could win you £1,750.

First thing he has to be is correct, second thing is pointless.

Best of luck on both scores.

How many people said Philip K Dick?

Bad luck.

No Philip K Dick in that collection.

So we move on to your third and final answer, Kurt Vonnegut.

Now, Samarth, this, the minute the minute started,

you came out with Kurt Vonnegut.

You were absolutely sure that this was your path.

And you took it with great conviction, you put him last.

So let's find out, for £1,750,

if Kurt Vonnegut is a pointless answer.

Best of luck.

Oh, bad luck.

APPLAUSE

Listen, three great final answers on the board there

revealing good literary knowledge, you clearly have that.

But I am afraid you didn't find that all-important...

You didn't find that all-important CORRECT answer, is the truth,

but you didn't find that all-important pointless answer,

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £1,750.

That rolls over onto the next show.

But it has been great fun having you here.

Thank you so much for coming to play.

And the crucial thing is you get to take home a Pointless trophy.

So very, very well done indeed, Karan and Samarth.

APPLAUSE

Terrific performance all the way through the show.

Those Penguin Little Black Classics, they are great.

They are 80 tiny little books,

little short things that you can read.

And during your minute, you mentioned Fyodor Dostoyevsky,

who is in that collection, and is a pointless answer.

AUDIENCE GROANS

Yeah, I am very sorry about that.

Let's take a look at the cast of Little Women.

Everyone was a pointless answer apart from Winona Ryder,

Susan Sarandon, Christian Bale, Claire Danes,

Eric Stoltz and Kirsten Dunst.

Songs from Little Voice. You could have had...

You also could have had Get Happy and That's Entertainment.

And for the Penguin Little Black Classics,

lots of pointless answers here.

You could have had Brothers Grimm, Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Wharton,

Flaubert, Henry James, Herman Melville,

Balzac, Conrad, Katherine Mansfield, Tolstoy.

You could have had Gogol, you could have had Sophocles as well.

Lots of pointless answers there,

very well done if you got one at home, and unlucky here today, guys.

Thanks very much, Richard.

And thanks very much, Karan and Samarth.

I'm sorry, you didn't win the jackpot today,

that rolls over onto the next show,

which means then we will be playing for £2,750.

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

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it is goodbye from me. Goodbye.