Episode 19 Pointless

APPLAUSE

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

This is Pointless, the quiz show where high scores count for nothing

and obscurity counts for everything.

Let's meet today's players.

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So welcome, Sue and Paula. You're our first pair on the show.

How do you know each other?

We're from Sheffield and we're next-door neighbours.

-Next-door neighbours from shiny Sheff.

-Yes.

-Excellent.

-What do you do, Sue?

-I'm a nurse.

-Paula?

-I'm a mum and housewife.

Mum, housewife and exemplary neighbour, I hope.

-Yes.

-Nosy neighbour.

-Nosy?

-Better nosy than noisy.

-Yeah.

-A bit of both, really.

Noisy and nosy. Well, very best of luck to you this afternoon.

And welcome to Jonathan and Monica. How do you two know each other?

Hi, Alexander. I'm the son and that's my mother.

-You're the son and that's your mother.

-Yep.

-Very good. A formidable quiz team.

-Absolutely, always.

Have you been a team for years?

Pub quizzes around the country destroyed by the Jo-Mo team.

-We always win the booby prize.

-Really? What do you do, Jonathan?

I'm a professional toastmaster and master of ceremonies.

-Do you wear a Barnum-style...

-Oh, absolutely, sir.

Little bit disappointing you're not in one today, but there we are.

Perhaps if you go through to the final,

you could nip out and pop it on for us,

-if you wouldn't mind.

-And a gavel, as well.

-No, no. That would be silly.

Very best of luck to you.

Welcome back to Mike and Dave. You were on the show last time.

You get two chances on Pointless.

This is your second and final chance.

Please do better than you did last time. We lost you after just the first round.

-I didn't know my sharks.

-To be fair, Dave, you did know your sharks,

but there weren't any low-scorers left in the pool.

I know. It was a very hard game. The points were very tight to start with,

so all we had to do was go for a pointless in the second. It didn't pay off.

This time round, I feel it might pay off for you. I hope it does.

Tom and Katy, you were also on the show last time. Remind us how you did.

We did quite well, but in the head-to-head, we got knocked out.

-You did.

-We didn't know our flags.

You didn't know your flags with vertical stripes.

We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show. There's one more person to introduce.

He's the man who is a portal to the obscure.

-He is my Pointless friend, it's Richard.

-Hello.

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Great to see Tom and Katy back. They were in the head-to-head last time,

so obviously a very, very good pair, but also, I think Mike and Dave,

I think they thought they'd go a little bit further last time. We might see a bit more of them.

And I'll say to Jonathan and Monica,

we've only ever had one mother and son combination on this series

and they won the jackpot. So no pressure at all.

Lovely to hear, Jonathan, the first person to call you sir.

-He called me sir?

-Yeah.

-A professional toast-maker.

-It's nice. We should bring that in. It's like being in a game show in the '50s.

-Mm.

They should call you sir or Mr Armstrong.

I think Jo-Mo will be going a long way.

OK, we put all our questions to 100 people before the show.

This is Pointless, so we're after the obscure answers they didn't get.

To stay in the game with a chance to win our jackpot,

our players need to score as few points as they can.

What everyone's trying to do is find a pointless answer -

an answer no-one gave.

Every time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.

Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that.

So today's jackpot starts off at £2,250.

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OK, let's play Pointless.

So in the first round, each of you must give me one answer

and you cannot confer with your partner.

The team with the highest score at the end of the round is eliminated.

If anyone gives me an incorrect answer,

you will score the maximum of 100 points.

OK, our first category is...

Hollywood Stars.

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 first question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

George Clooney films as they could.

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

for which George Clooney received an acting credit.

No short films, TV films or documentaries.

Voice performances do count.

And we're looking for any film released up to May 2010.

Sue and Paula, you all drew lots before the show

and today you get to start.

-George Clooney films.

-I'm trying to think of an obscure one and I can't.

All I can think of is the really popular ones.

So I'll have to go for...

..Ocean's 13.

Ocean's 13. I like what you've done there.

You're hoping to score as few points as possible with Ocean's 13.

Let's see how many people said it.

Ocean's 13.

It's correct.

27! That's not a terrible score, Sue.

Ocean's 13 scores you 27. Richard.

Yeah, Ocean's 13, almost impossible to give you any facts on that film

without giving away the names of other films

which other people might want to use.

So I will, for once, keep it zipped.

-Monica.

-Ocean's 12.

THEY LAUGH

-You...

-HE LAUGHS

Ocean's 12. Monica, your store of George Clooney films...

-It's amazing.

-Amazing.

-But that's the one you're going to go for.

-Yep.

-Ocean's 12.

You're hoping to score as few points as possible. Ocean's 13 scored 27.

Let's see if Ocean's 12 scores any better than that. Ocean's 12.

Well, it is right.

Well, there you go, Monica. That scores you 38. Richard.

Yeah, again, difficult for me to say anything about that film

without giving the name of another film away

that people might want to use.

-Did you call Jonathan and Monica Jo-Mo?

-Yep.

-That's good.

We've got Tom-Kat, as well.

-And the slightly less successful Mike-Dave.

-MiDa.

And Su-Pa.

THEY LAUGH

So, Dave, let's hope you know some other George Clooney films.

Well, it's a bit of a tricky subject for me,

but there is one that's jumping out at me

and it's going back a bit, so I'm going to go with From Dusk Till Dawn.

Good answer! From Dusk Till Dawn.

We're looking for a nice obscure George Clooney film,

you're hoping to score as few points as possible.

Let's see how many people got From Dusk Till Dawn.

Great answer, Dave! Well done!

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-From Dusk Till Dawn scoring you three points.

-Yeah, great answer,

without an Ocean in sight. It was one of his earlier films,

screenplay by Quentin Tarantino, who also played Clooney's brother in it.

Good answer. So, Katy.

You're wearing the face of somebody

who maybe didn't have an answer readily to hand.

No, I have about ten answers

but I just don't know which one would be the right one.

But I wondered if I could have one where it was his voice,

so I'm going to go for Fantastic Mr Fox.

Fantastic Mr Fox. You're hoping to score as few points as possible.

George Clooney films.

You're saying Fantastic Mr Fox. Let's see how many people said it.

It's right.

Good answer.

Three again! Fabulous answer, scores you three.

-Richard.

-Yeah, it's a great answer.

George Clooney voices the Fantastic Mr Fox

with Meryl Streep as his wife.

-Have you seen it?

-Yeah.

-It's a wonderful film.

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

Last two answers, fantastic.

Lovely low scores there from Dave and Katy.

Jonathan and Monica, you are ahead there.

38 is your score.

Jonathan, you'll have to answer very carefully on the next pass.

OK, can the second players please take their places at the podium?

So, Tom, we are looking for George Clooney films.

I think I'm going to complete the set with Ocean's 11.

Oh, Tom!

You are on 3.

Lovely low score there from Katy.

Brilliant answer, Fantastic Mr Fox.

Such good work, Katy. What's he doing?

What's he doing? Do you never watch films together?

-No.

-Or do you just not remember who's in what?

I don't remember who's in them, yeah.

So you had no other option?

I've got no other George Clooney films up there at all.

OK, well, you're on three. You have to score 34 or less with this answer

to avoid becoming the high scorers. Ocean's 13 started at 27,

Ocean's 12, 38. I'm not sure it's going to do it for you.

But there are three more pairs to answer.

There's the red line. Let's see if Ocean's 11 gets you below it.

44 that scores you, giving you a total of 47. Richard.

Yeah, Ocean's 11, released in 2001,

where George Clooney plays Danny Ocean.

Interestingly, there were two sequels to this film

-called Ocean's 12 and Ocean's 13.

-Interesting.

-Yeah.

OK, Mike, Dave did fantastically well.

He scored three on From Dusk Till Dawn.

How good is your George Clooney catalogue?

I'm not a fan of George Clooney at all, so it is a complete guess.

The only recent one I can think of,

I'm sure he's been in a war film at some time,

-so I'll say Inglorious

-BLEEP.

-OK, you are on three.

You want to score 43 or less with this.

It has to be a correct answer. It has to come below this red line.

If it does, you are through to the next round.

Please, we can't say goodbye again after the first round.

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

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

However, only leaving you with 103. It's not out of the question

that you might still be with us. Richard.

That film was also written by Quentin Tarantino,

but George Clooney was not in it.

It shows the thin line between success and failure on this show.

You know? It's important, in this round especially,

to have a film with George Clooney in it.

That's what you're really looking for.

Yeah, well, thanks for saying it now!

Just two answers left to go. Jonathan.

My brain of useless information

is not very good when it comes to George Clooney, I have to say.

-But I will go for ER.

-OK.

Will ER see Jo-Mo through to Round Two?

Only one way to find out if you are going to come below the red line.

You need 64 people or fewer to have said ER,

and it has to be a correct answer. ER.

Terrible news for you, great news for Mike and Dave.

ER, I'm afraid, is an incorrect answer

and scores you the maximum of 100 points.

I'm afraid you leave us at the end of this round. Richard.

There was a look of quiet delight on Mike and Dave's face

when he said ER.

He was obviously in ER, but it was just a TV series,

there was never a movie of it.

Bad luck. So, Paula and Sue,

you are definitely through to the next round. You're on 27.

Even if you score 100, you're still through.

-Try and get a pointless answer.

-I'm so relieved. I'd only got two.

I was sure someone would say Batman,

but I'm going to go for the one that I think is less well-known.

So I'm going to say One Fine Day.

One Fine Day.

Could be a great answer. No red line.

Whatever you score, you're through to the next round.

Maybe it's a pointless answer to add £250 to the jackpot.

One Fine Day.

Ooh, it's good, Paula.

Very good indeed! Scores you six. Gives you a total of 33.

One Fine Day, Richard.

Our first correct answer this round that doesn't have Oceans in it.

Is that right? No, we've had a couple of others.

One Fine Day, romantic comedy

with Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney.

There were a whole bunch of pointless answers.

We'll take you through a few.

These would've saved you. Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind,

about a charismatic game show host

who's also a secret government assassin.

-THEY LAUGH

-As if(!)

South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut.

The Thin Red Line, the war movie George Clooney was in,

that was a pointless answer.

Welcome To Collinwood, Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over,

and Return Of The Killer Tomatoes, as well.

-Have you seen it?

-I saw The Killer Tomatoes and I thought,

"I don't want to see them returning

"any time soon!" Absolutely terrifying.

There's a couple more here.

Well done at home if you got Unbecoming Age,

Red Surf and Return To Horror High.

Ordinarily, we'd look at the most popular answers,

the answers that most people gave, but we've already had them,

because they were, in order, Ocean's 13, Ocean's 12 and Ocean's 11.

Thank you very much, Richard. So, at the end of Round One,

the losing pair with the highest score, Jo-Mo.

-Gay-Mo-Ver.

-THEY LAUGH

-Bad luck. 138. Monica.

-Yes.

You just didn't know, did you?

The pair of you, in fact. George Clooney...

Really, to be honest, it's not my finest hour

when I talk about George Clooney.

Oh, dear. Monica, did you just know none at all?

You just had to go for Ocean's 12?

Yeah, I just didn't know any.

It was a gutsy answer and a correct. Nothing wrong with that.

It's a great shame to be saying goodbye to you so early on.

You'll be back next time. Everyone gets two shots at Pointless.

I'm sure you will go further then.

But thanks so much for playing. Great contestants.

The remaining three teams go to Round Two.

Now, obviously, there's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head

so one team is going to be leaving us at the end of this round.

The category for Round Two is...

US Geography.

Tom's smiling broadly.

Decide who will go first and who will go second.

Will those going first please step up to the podium?

OK, so the question is...

In this round, we're going to show you a list of US state nicknames.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to tell us which states those nicknames belonged to. Richard.

It could be carnage, this one, I suspect.

We're going to give you six nicknames in each pass.

All you've got to tell us is the state.

The more obscure ones will score you fewest points.

If you give us an incorrect answer at any time, that will score you 100 points.

See if you can get all six on both passes at home.

Carnage, he said, Sue.

Right, the first six are...

I'll go through that again.

OK, we are looking for the states that these nicknames belong to.

Sue.

Do any of those mean anything to you at all?

-Not a thing, no.

-This is going to be fun, isn't it?

-SHE LAUGHS

-Have you been to the States?

I've been to New York.

-Can I get me coat?

-LAUGHTER

Er...

It is just going to be a guess,

and I'll say...Virginia,

Bluegrass State.

Let's see if that is the correct answer. Virginia, Bluegrass State.

Might be. If it is, let's see how many people knew the answer.

Virginia, Bluegrass State.

Bad luck. We're going to be seeing that cross a lot, I think.

That scores you 100 points, I'm afraid. Richard.

Yeah, not Virginia, I'm afraid. I'll not say what it is

in case the others want to have a go at it.

OK, thanks very much, Richard.

-Mike, have you been to the States?

-Only a couple of times,

but I haven't travelled a lot throughout the States.

Do any of these names behind me mean anything to you?

I'm sure of one and I've got a good idea on the other two,

but my risk-taking hasn't paid off, really, so...

It hasn't paid off YET.

So I should probably go for the obvious one,

Aloha State, Hawaii.

Aloha State, Hawaii. That sounds right to me.

Let's see if it's correct and how many people knew it.

Aloha, Hawaii.

It's right.

48. Not a terrible score.

That scores you 48.

Better safe than sorry.

Occasionally known as the Pineapple State, Hawaii.

More commonly Aloha State.

Of course, cos that's on the Hawaiian pizza.

That'll probably be why.

-Yeah.

-They named it after the Hawaiian...

They saw pineapple on a Hawaiian pizza

and thought, "We'll have some of that".

-They were also going to call themselves the Shirt State after Hawaiian shirts.

-I can see why.

-They didn't, though.

-No, no.

-OK. Thanks, Richard.

Tom, we are looking for the states these nicknames belong to.

One, two, three, four, five left for you to choose from.

You're the last person to have this board,

so talk us through your reasoning.

Well, the only two I knew were the Aloha State as Hawaii

and Golden State, so I'm not even going to bother gambling,

-and say California is the Golden State.

-What do you do, Tom?

I run my own book company and I run a storage facility, as well.

-Where you store all your books.

-Where I store all my books, yes.

-What sort of books are they?

-Absolutely anything.

-Any book?

Ever read any of them?

Yeah, some of them. Some of the more interesting ones.

-None of them about states and their nicknames.

-No.

How many books have you got in your storage facility?

-About 30,000.

-Wow!

Give me your address and I'll come and browse.

Won't buy anything, of course. I just like leafing through them.

Golden State, California, let's see if it's correct

and how many people said it.

A good answer! 16.

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-Richard.

-Yeah, a good low score.

The Golden State, California, used to be called the Gold State.

Let's look at the rest. Let's clear up Bluegrass. It's Kentucky.

Named after a type of grass there,

and the music that was named after it, so it's the Bluegrass State.

Would've scored you 14.

The Great Lake State. Alexander, the Great Lake State is?

-Michigan.

-It is Michigan, yeah. Would've scored you 13 points.

The Garden State?

-New Jersey.

-New Jersey. Would've scored you four points.

The Beehive State is a pointless answer,

so if you know the answer, well done. Beehive State?

-Utah.

-It is Utah, yes!

Hey! What about that?

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That's good state nickname knowledge.

State nickname knowledge is kind of my thing.

-Do you know what they have on the flag of Utah?

-Is it a hive?

It is a beehive, yes.

-Is there nothing he doesn't know?

-LAUGHTER

Halfway through the round, let's look at the scores as they stand.

Quite a wide-ranging scoreboard.

All the way up from 16, Tom and Katy. Fantastic answer from Tom.

-Hasn't he done well, Katy?

-Very well. Very proud.

Very good indeed. All the way up to Sue and Paula on 100. Bad luck.

Paula, pressure on you. Team Su-Pa.

I'd like to see them in the head-to-head.

You'll have to score as low as you can.

Second players, please take your places at the podium.

OK, we're going to put six more US state nicknames on the board.

And we have got for you...

I'll read those again.

We are looking for the states that these nicknames belong to

and you are trying to find the one that the fewest

of our 100 people knew. Right.

-Katy.

-Erm, I'm going to say Texas, Lone Star State.

You're on 16, you want to score 83 or less

to be sure of a place in the head-to-head once again.

Here's your red line coming in. Lone Star State, Texas.

If it's below the line, you're in the head-to-head.

Let's see if it's right,

and if so, how many people said it. Lone Star, Texas.

Perfect.

43. Not a bad answer at all.

Taking your score up to 59.

Yeah, very good answer and safely through to the next round.

Named after the Republic of Texas flag they had in the 1830s.

-Do you know what that had on it?

-It had a single star.

A lone star. Is there nothing about state flags you don't know?

-No.

-I'll catch you out one of these days, Armstrong.

Oh, just you try, Mr Osman.

-Dave.

-DAVE SIGHS

Oh, Dave, come on! You've always scored so low!

-You've never scored high!

-I knew two

but they were in the last round. I don't know any in this round.

-So...

-You're on 48.

I'm just going to go for it, and I have no idea even if this is a state,

but I'm going to try and I'm going to go for the Grand Canyon State.

Mike's going to kill me.

Arizona.

-That doesn't look like the face of a killer.

-It could well be.

A very conciliatory face from Mike.

I think he approves of Arizona, Grand Canyon State.

You're on 48. You want to score 51 or less

You want it to be right, obviously. There's your red line.

Arizona, Grand Canyon State.

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

Arizona, Grand Canyon State.

Oh, it's right!

And it gets you through.

Very good answer indeed! That scores you 16, takes your total up to 64.

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Very good. Do you know why Arizona is called the Grand Canyon State?

Erm...no.

It's cos the Grand Canyon is in it.

-THEY LAUGH

-I knew I'd get you.

-Ohh!

-They get harder, you see? The questions get harder.

Ooh, they do! Well, now then, Paula and Sue, the writing is on...

the console in front of you.

And on the wall.

I'm afraid you are leaving us at the end of this round, come what may.

However, as a nice bequest to the remaining pairs,

why not see if you can find a pointless answer

that would add 250 quid to the jackpot?

Well, there's only one there that I assume I know.

Just to try and put £250 in the pot, I'll have a stab.

I will say the Peach State and I'll guess Georgia.

The Peach State, Georgia. Mike.

-Just to tell you...

-He's not nodding?

-He's nodding.

-I think it's right.

-Mike is nodding.

And Dave gave a little inclination of the head there.

-The Peach State, Georgia. Was that a complete guess?

-I'm just going on,

it's near Florida, the Orange State,

-so I thought Georgia might be the Peach State.

-The whole fruit bowl

arranged around the Gulf of Mexico. Fantastic. Yes, the Grape State.

The Peach State, Georgia, you are saying. Let's see if it's correct.

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

It's right!

You're going out in a blaze of glory here.

Oh, wonderful answer, Paula!

Brilliant answer! Scores you only 3.

Sadly, it's not enough to save your bacon.

-Peach State.

-Yeah, Peach State, absolutely right, it's Georgia.

The best answer anyone gave on either pass,

so very unfortunate to be going out.

Let's take a look at the rest of them there.

-The Empire State, do you know that?

-It is, of course, New York.

New York, exactly right. Would've scored you 55.

Named after the song, "Empire State Of Mind" by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys.

That's where they got that name from. The Last Frontier?

I'll give you a clue, it's sort of cowboy country.

It's quite cold cowboy country if it's the place I'm thinking of.

-Is it Alaska?

-It is Alaska.

-And Show Me State is a pointless answer.

-It's Missouri.

It is Missouri, exactly right.

Why is it Show Me?

There was a congressman who objected to lots of long-winded speeches

in congress, supposedly, and said,

"Sir, I'm from Missouri, you have to show me."

-Don't tell me, show me.

-That was essentially the point he was making.

Missouri is the Show Me State. Very well done if you got that at home.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of Round Two,

the losing pair with the highest score, I'm afraid, Su-Pa.

103. What a brilliant answer from you, Paula.

I don't know where that came from. My logic didn't even make much sense.

It made perfect sense to me.

I was thinking Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

Blue. But, of course, you'll be back next time.

Everyone gets two shots at Pointless.

Fantastic contestants. Thank you.

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Things are about to get more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.

So, well done, Tom, Katy, Mike and Dave. You've made it through to the head-to-head.

Obviously, only one pair can go through to today's final and play for the jackpot of £2,250.

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OK, you're going head-to-head on the best of three questions.

You are now allowed to confer. All you have to do is come up with one answer between you

that scores less than the other pair to win that question.

First pair to win two will play for the jackpot.

-Let's play Pointless!

-APPLAUSE

Right, here's your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

as many lobes of the brain as they could.

-Lobes of the brain, Richard.

-Yeah, we're simply looking for any part of the brain

which can be followed by the word "lobe."

It's not exactly brain surgery, this one.

OK, Tom and Katy, because you have played best throughout the show so far, you get to go first.

We are looking for lobes of the brain.

Sounds like a novel by Tolkien.

Lobes Of The Brain. No, it doesn't.

LAUGHTER

-Don't know.

-OK, I'm not sure on the pronunciation,

but I think it's the occipital lobe.

The occipital lobe! Look at you!

-I don't know. I didn't say that.

-No, that sounds like a lobe to me!

Yes. We can't think of anything.

I can only think of earlobe.

-And unless it, sort of...

-It's close to the brain.

The only other thing... We can't come up with a lobe

so we're just going to go for part of the brain and hope that it's got a lobe.

So we're going to go for the hippocampus lobe.

The hippocampus. Good logic. Good thinking.

We have occipital and we have hippocampus.

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

Tom and Katy said occipital.

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

It's correct.

Occipital.

Down it goes.

Oh, brilliant answer! Eight points!

Only eight people said occipital.

Mike and Dave said hippocampus.

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

Ahh!

Hippocampus doesn't get a lobe, sadly.

So after the first question, it's one point to Tom and Katy.

-Richard.

-Yeah, hippocampus is part of the brain,

and where hippos go to university, but it's not a lobe.

There are four lobes in the brain.

Well done if you got all four of these. Let's look.

Occipital could have been beaten by parietal.

The parietal lobe would have got you 6 points.

There's occipital with 8, temporal with 12

and the frontal lobe would have scored you 53 points.

Thanks, Richard. Here is your second question.

Tom and Katy, you win this point, you are through to the final

and a chance to play for £2,250.

Mike and Dave, you have to win this point to stay in the game.

Here it is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many characters from Gavin and Stacey as they could.

Characters from Gavin and Stacey. Richard.

We're looking for any credited character

who's appeared in all 20 episodes of Gavin and Stacey.

For obviously reasons, we won't accept either Gavin or Stacey.

There are six other characters.

Six other characters. Mike and Dave, you get to go first this time.

Right, we're going to go for Gwen.

-Gwen.

-Yeah.

-Mike and Dave have Gwen.

Tom and Katy. You can talk us through your answer.

-Reason it through.

-I think it's Welsh, so I'm trying to think of

Welsh names that might be in it, because I've never seen it.

-Never seen it?

-No. Although I know who's in it, their real names,

I don't know what their character names are,

so I'm going with David or something, a Welsh name.

-I don't know!

-Tom, you ever watched it?

I've never watched it. I can think of who's in it

You could do a lot worse than getting the box set.

It's a thoroughly enjoyable programme.

-What do you want to go with?

-I...

-I don't know.

-I want to say Richard. Don't know why.

I've just got a feeling. I've got a feeling maybe there's a Richard.

Oh, yeah, go on, Richard. I don't know.

We'll see if Richard is going to do it for you.

Wouldn't it be amazing if Richard scores pointless?

Amazing and unlikely.

However, let's see how Gwen does for Mike and Dave. Gwen.

This to keep you in the game.

It's correct.

Great answer, 13.

Tom and Katy are going with Richard.

Let's see if it's a correct answer

and, if it is, if anyone remembered it. Richard.

Ahh. Bad luck. So hard with a TV show.

You either watch it or you don't.

So after our second question, that is one apiece. Richard.

-Yes, Richard. Quite.

-Maybe that's why I said Richard.

-It's a good wrong...

-Is that why it came into your head? I don't know!

-Richard's a really good wrong answer.

-It's a great answer.

Was your second choice going to be Alexander?

SHE LAUGHS

Then Tom. Is it Mike? Dave?

Let's take a look. There were two answers which would've beaten Gwen

and those are both Gavin's parents. Let's take a look.

Mick, played by Larry Lamb, scored 5 points.

Pam, played by Alison Steadman, that's 10.

There's Gwen. Bryn, of course,

played by the wonderful Rob Brydon, would've scored you 18.

Right at the top, the characters

played by James Corden and Ruth Jones, the writers,

Smithy with 23 and Nessa with 30.

Thank you very much. So, you are one point each at this stage.

Whoever wins this question is through to the final to play for the jackpot. Here's your third question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Olympic throwing events as they could. Richard.

Any athletic disciplines in the summer Olympic games that involve throwing.

No multi-discipline events, like the decathlon.

Just the athletic events that involve throwing.

Athletic events that involve throwing.

OK. Tom and Katy, it's your turn to go first.

-OK, we're going to go for the hammer.

-You're going to go for the hammer.

OK, Mike and Dave, you can talk out loud now if you like.

Right, we know there's the discus,

we know there's the shot put, we know there's the javelin,

it's just a case of which one we think is...

We would probably have gone for the hammer, as well, out of the choice.

Maybe discus? We're going to go for discus.

Hammer, discus.

Whoever wins this, obviously, is through to the final. This is the decider.

Right, Tom and Katy went first. Hammer.

Let's see how many people said hammer.

It is correct.

56.

-Bit surprised by that.

-I thought it would be lower, yeah.

-You've had a hammer horror.

-LAUGHTER

Mike and Dave. Discus. Higher or lower than hammer?

I think it's going to be higher, actually.

I would have said hammer would be the least.

So I think discus is probably going to be a bit higher.

Only one way to find out. How many people said discus?

-I thought it would be. Well done.

-APPLAUSE

82. So hammer wins it.

After the third question, it is 2-1 to Tom and Katy.

They are through to the final.

-Richard.

-Yeah, hammer is the best answer you could've given.

Let's take a look at all four. They all scored a huge amount.

Hammer with 56 there, shot put with 69,

the discus with 82, and then javelin,

one of the highest scores we've ever had, 98 points.

So, the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid, is Mike and Dave.

Gavin and Stacey really helped you out there. Tom and Katy haven't seen it.

Bad luck, Mike and Dave. I'm really sorry. You've been lovely contestants.

This is where we finally say goodbye to you. But well done and thanks so much for playing.

APPLAUSE

But for Tom and Katy, it's now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win £2,250.

Congratulations. You 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 stands, in case you'd forgotten, at £2,250.

The rules are very simple. To win that money, you have to find a pointless answer

that no-one else can think of.

We haven't had any pointless answers today.

You need to find one now to go home with all that money.

First you have to choose a category. Here are your three options.

-TV presenters.

-TV presenters.

-Yeah, it's going to have to be.

-Strange job.

-LAUGHTER

OK, let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Top Gear presenters as they could.

-Richard.

-You may be thinking there's only three,

but we're looking for any presenter who's ever been credited on Top Gear

from the start of the show in 1978, all the way through to 2010.

There are 37 names on the list.

OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win £2,250 is for just one of those to be pointless. Your 60 seconds start now.

-Vicki Butler-Henderson?

-OK.

-You can talk out loud.

-Do you know her?

I only know the three that are on at the moment.

-They're probably going to be quite high.

-They are indeed.

Can you not think of anyone from the '80s?

-You're older than me, come on.

-I can't, no.

-Well, I've only got that one, so...

-OK, then we're going to have to go...

-We can't take a risk on that one. Let's have another one.

-30 seconds left.

Did the guy who did the motorcycles around the world...?

-Who's he? With Ewan McGregor?

-Yeah, who was the other one?

-Charlie Boardman.

-Did he do it?

-OK, that's your minute up.

-OK.

-Your minute is up.

-OK.

We're going to say Vicki Butler-Henderson.

Vicki Butler-Henderson.

-Charlie Boardman.

-Charlie Boardman and Jeremy Clarkson.

OK, Vicki Butler-Henderson,

Charlie Boardman and Jeremy Clarkson.

And only one we know is right, so let's just see.

OK, which of those do you think is your best bet at a pointless answer?

Vicki Butler-Henderson.

I know she presents the car show on another channel,

but I'm sure she did Top Gear.

-We'll put her last.

-I'm hoping.

Who do you think is your least likely answer?

BOTH: Charlie Boardman.

OK, Charlie Boardman.

He's just ridden a motorcycle so you thought we could name him.

We'll discover. Charlie Boardman will go up first on our board.

Charlie Boardman.

Jeremy Clarkson.

Vicki Butler-Henderson.

There they are up on the board.

We were looking for Top Gear presenters.

OK, this was your least confident answer. You only need one of these to be pointless to win £2,250.

-What would you spend that on?

-Spending money on our honeymoon.

We go in a few weeks.

Right, OK. We're going to go with your first answer, Charlie Boardman.

Let's see if he's a correct person.

If he is, let's see how many people said Charlie Boardman.

Ohh.

Unfortunately, Charlie Boardman is not a correct answer, so it's not a pointless answer.

Two more chances to win today's jackpot. Your second answer was Jeremy Clarkson.

We were looking for obscure Top Gear presenters.

Let's see if he's a correct answer, and if he is, how many people said him. Jeremy Clarkson for £2,250.

-LAUGHTER

-Ooh, close.

Sadly, Jeremy Clarkson is not a pointless answer.

86. That's quite high.

Only one final chance to win the jackpot. We're looking for Top Gear presenters.

This was the first name you said. When I heard you say this, I thought, "Wow, they'll know loads."

-Really?

-Then you spent the rest of the minute saying nothing.

THEY LAUGH

Apart from making up someone called Charlie Boardman.

LAUGHTER

This was the answer you were most confident in.

Vicki Butler-Henderson.

Is she correct, and if she is, how many people said her? This for the jackpot of £2,250.

Vicki Butler-Henderson.

It's right!

It is correct. Look at that.

This could be buying you drinks on your honeymoon.

Ohh.

BOTH: Ohh!

-Oh, bad luck!

-Oh, that was brilliant.

A brilliant answer, as it turns out.

Sadly, just not quite brilliant enough.

You didn't find that crucial pointless answer, so I'm afraid you don't win the jackpot of £2,250,

which rolls over to the next show.

But you have been fantastic and you get our Pointless trophy.

BOTH: Thank you. APPLAUSE

So, Richard, what were the answers they were struggling to find?

As you can imagine, Clarkson and Richard Hammond and James May were miles ahead of everybody else

but it's been presented by all sorts of people.

Noel Edmonds has done it, Kate Humble.

But there were a bunch of pointless answers. Let's look at a few of them.

Angela Rippon was one of the first ever presenters.

That was pointless. Julia Bradbury.

Jon Bentley, who was one of the producers, as well.

He's credited with discovering Jeremy Clarkson.

-So if you're wondering who to thank...

-LAUGHTER

Let's take a look at a couple more.

I know the current supremo of Top Gear, Andy Wilman,

who's a brilliant producer, he also was a presenter

and he was a pointless answer. Sorry, Andy.

Judith Jackson, Mike Dornan, Peter Burgess,

all of those are pointless answers. Talking of pointless answers, Charlie Boardman,

I think you were thinking of Charley Boorman, the motorcyclist,

or Chris Boardman, the cyclist.

Well done if you got any of those pointless answers. You would've won the jackpot.

Thanks, Richard. Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to Tom and Katy. You've been fantastic.

-Brilliant contestants.

-APPLAUSE

So nobody's won our jackpot today, so it rolls over,

which means on the next show, we'll be playing for £3,250.

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

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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