Episode 33 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you very much indeed. Hello.

I'm Alexander Armstrong and this is Pointless, the quiz show where

the lowest scorers are the biggest winners. Let's meet today's players.

So, welcome back to Katy and Rachel. You were on the show last time

and we give everyone two shots at the Pointless final. Remind us how you did.

Well, we didn't do too well on the last show.

We did get knocked out the first round. But the way we see it now, we've got nothing to lose.

We're in it to win it.

You are in it to win it. Have you been revising over the last day?

The categories are so random, we just felt like we just need to go with the flow.

The luck of the draw. What was it that saw you off?

Breeds of cat.

MILD LAUGHTER

If you think that's random, wait for today.

Hey! But maybe it will be random in the area that you know lots about.

-Yeah, hopefully.

-Here's hoping. Anyway, best of luck to you.

And next, we welcome Les and Marie.

How do you two know each other?

We are married. We met at work and we've been together 13 lovely years.

Brilliant. 13 lovely years. Les, where have you come from?

We come from County Durham.

-Whereabouts in County Durham?

-Dalton-le-Dale.

-It's a small village.

-Oh, it sounds lovely, doesn't it?

I love those le-s. Chester-le-Street, Houghton-le-Spring.

Ah, very best of luck to the pair of you this afternoon.

And next we welcome back Richard and Mark.

You were also on the show last time. Remind us how you did.

Yeah, we was. We got to the second round and then a nasty curve ball of a question on battles and wars.

-I'm a lover, not a fighter.

-LAUGHTER

Mark, what would you like to come up this afternoon?

Maybe films or something like that.

Films. Mark, you've had a fantastic range of careers.

I've worked for the Royal Horticultural Society.

I worked with 'em for quite a time. Now I work on London Underground.

But I've done other jobs like labouring and barman and things like that.

-So you were outside all that time and now you've gone inside and underground.

-Yeah.

Which do you prefer? Which is your favourite?

When I was younger, out on the street was great.

When you're younger, it's all right, but as you get older, all that rain and cold...

So, now you're down the Underground. But in the summer it's boiling down there.

That's true. Very best of luck to you.

And finally, welcome back Tammy and John. You were also on the show last time.

Oh, I remember what did for you.

Oh, dear. What was it, Tammy?

The Sound Of Music.

Yeah, Sound Of Music. And John, you being such a fan and all.

Yeah, huge fan. Musicals.

-How many times had you been to see it?

-30 or something?

-Something like that.

-And finally, we managed to persuade you

to turn up not in a habit this time. Which is a turn up.

Well, very best of luck to you this afternoon.

We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.

There's just one more person for me to introduce.

He's the man who is an information superhighway of obscurity.

-He's my Pointless friend. He's Richard.

-Hiya.

APPLAUSE

½Now you're an information superhighway.

It's good to know. We've got three returning pairs today, which is very rare.

Tammy and John were the strongest from last time. They got to the head-to-head.

But it's good news for Richard and Mark, as there might just be a film question very early on in the show.

But three returning pairs. Very, very rare.

-And never ever rule out girls from Swansea either.

-I never have. Never would.

Good. I'm saying that more for people at home.

Oh, I see. I thought you were looking at me there.

In my memory, I don't think I've ever, in my lifetime, ruled out a girl from Swansea.

LAUGHTER

-There was that once.

-Yeah, there was that once.

But you know what, she turned out not to be a girl, didn't she? So...

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

Now we put all our questions to 100 people before the show, but this

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

For a chance to win our jackpot,

all our players need to do is score as few points as they possibly can.

Everyone is trying to find a Pointless answer.

That's an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

And each time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.

Now, Dorian and James walked off with the jackpot last time,

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

-There it is.

-APPLAUSE

OK, let's play Pointless.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

OK, in the first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.

Whichever team has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.

And do be careful not to give me an incorrect answer, because if you do,

you will score the maximum of 100 points. OK.

Our first category this afternoon is...

American actors. Can you decide in your pairs

-who's going to go first, who's going to go second?

-What do you want to do?

-I don't mind.

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Kevin Costner films as they could. Kevin Costner.

Katy, you're thrilled with that. Kevin Costner films. Richard.

Yeah, we're looking for any feature film made for cinema release

for which Kevin Costner has received an acting credit.

Not looking for TV films, short films, documentaries,

anything like that, but voice performances do count.

There are, as you can imagine, any number of Pointless Kevin Costner films.

But I've looked on the list, actually.

There's a lot of films. I think he's made four good films.

-Four? Just the four?

-Yeah.

Let's see if they come up.

Katy and Rachel. You all drew lots before the show and today you get to go first.

Katy...

You look quite happy with that.

Is this a good category for you?

-Not really, because I don't really dig Kevin Costner, so...

-You don't?

-No, I don't really.

-Do you know which the four films are that Richard's talking about?

I only know one, I'm afraid.

-You only know one?

-I can only think of one.

-Only one?

-Yeah.

A nice obscure one, from the one you know.

-Waterworld.

-That's where it all went wrong, wasn't it, Waterworld?

-It's certainly not one of the four I was thinking of.

-Yeah.

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

Let's see if it's correct and, if it is, let's see how many people remembered it. Waterworld.

It could be a good score, this.

It's right!

APPLAUSE

That scores you 39, which is just a little bit more than the number of people who actually went to see it.

Yeah, that's right. Well done and better safe than sorry. Yeah, when it was produced...

Until Titanic came out, it was the most expensive movie ever produced,

but it took slightly less money than Titanic at the box office.

LAUGHTER

Very good. A good answer.

Marie, Kevin Costner. You know all about Kevin Costner.

I know two Kevin Costner films and Waterworld is one of them.

-I think he was in The Bodyguard.

-The Bodyguard.

-Yeah.

The Bodyguard. You're hoping to score as few points as possible with The Bodyguard.

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

Well, it's right!

-Wow!

-A good answer, Marie.

Bodyguard scores you 29. Richard.

Yeah, very well done. From 1992, of course. He protects Whitney Houston.

Was that one of your four?

-Nope.

-No.

-She could have used him to look after her

for the sort of ten to 15 years after that film came out as well.

Where was he then?

-Making Waterworld, wasn't he?

-Yeah! Very good, Marie. Now, Mark.

-Mark, you're a film fan.

-Yeah.

-Precisely what you asked for.

-Yeah, you're right.

We've done what we could.

Are you a fan of Kevin Costner?

-As Richard said, he's made a couple of good films.

-Yeah.

And one that I thought was a really good film and I think it might be a bit obscure was Perfect World.

Perfect World. Richard likes that. And Richard maybe likes that.

Nod from two Richards.

You're hoping to score as few points as possible with Perfect World. Let's see how many people said it.

There we are. That's going to go a long way down I think.

Brilliant answer, Mark!

Very, very good, indeed. Lovely, obscure film there, scoring two.

Yeah, not a bad, either. From 1993.

Is it one of your four?

It wasn't, but it would be maybe four and a half on the list.

It's not actually a bad film.

And Tammy.

OK, remember, we're looking for Kevin Costner films.

-I actually was going to say that film.

-No?

-Yeah. So you got me.

-You're a film fan, are you then, Tammy?

-I am a bit of a film fan.

I've got a few I can think of and I can't decide what one to go for.

I think I'll go with The Postman.

The Postman.

OK. Again, you're hoping to score as few points as possible.

The Postman, let's see how many people said that.

It's right!

-17!

-APPLAUSE

Very good score. 17 for the Postman.

-Another pretty rubbish film.

-Pretty bad.

Another post-apocalyptic film -

because he thought, "Waterworld worked so well, I'll be The Postman."

Yeah, from 1997. So, a very good answer.

OK. Well, we're halfway through the round, so let's take a look at the scores as they stand at this point.

Wow! Richard and Mark looking fantastic.

Lovely low score there from Mark.

Keep that up and you'll definitely be through to the next round.

Katy and Rachel, 39 is not a terrible score,

but you are out in front. So, Rachel,

try and think of a nice obscure Kevin Costner film.

Tammy and John, 17. Really not bad at all.

Les and Marie, 29. Not bad.

We're going to come back down the line. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

So, John, you're on 17.

If you can score 21 or less

with this answer, you are straight through to the second round.

I would have put films as one of my strong points, but I'm drawing a bit of a blank. I can think of a few.

I was going to go with The Postman, which Tammy's obviously used already.

So I'm going to pick one of the ones which I think

will probably be quite popular, but it's better to be safe than sorry.

I think it's probably one of the ones that Richard likes.

I'll go for The Untouchables.

The Untouchables. OK.

We are looking for Kevin Costner films.

Here is your red line. Below it , you are through to the next round.

You're saying The Untouchables.

Let's see how many people said The Untouchables.

Well done!

APPLAUSE

That scores you only six. How weird. Low scorers for all his good films.

Takes your total up to 23. You're through to the next round.

Yeah, a really low score. Of course, plays Eliot Ness in the Untouchables.

That is one of my four. It's a good film, isn't it?

Mm. Very good.

Richard, we are looking for Kevin Costner films.

-Yeah.

-You are on two.

If you can score 36 or less, you're through to the next round.

Is your film knowledge as good as Mark's?

Erm, probably not, no.

But I've got a film in my mind here which I think could be Pointless,

but I'm a bit worried about going for it,

cos I can feel Mark staring at me.

-No, he's not. He's entirely relaxed.

-No, he is. He really is.

He's entirely relaxed.

Trust me, he's not. So I think I'm going to play safe

and probably choose the top one again.

I'm going to go for Robin Hood, Prince Of Thieves.

OK, well there we are. There's your red line.

Under that red line, you're through. You are currently on two.

You want to score 36 or less.

We are looking for Kevin Costner films.

Robin Hood, Prince Of Thieves.

Well, it's right!

Not bad at all though, Richard. That scores you 40.

Gives you a total of 42. Richard.

Yeah, plays Robin Hood. Very well-known,

had Bryan Adams' Everything I Do, I Do It For You as its title music,

which was number one for four years.

LAUGHTER

-Four years.

-Yeah, we'll never get those back, Richard.

-No, we really won't.

-Never get those back. OK.

Not a bad score actually, Richard. 42, not a bad total.

Right, Les and Marie.

Les, you are on 29.

OK, remember, we are looking for Kevin Costner films.

You have to score 12 or less for this answer to avoid becoming the highest scorers.

How much of a film fan are you, Les?

-Not at all.

-Really?

-The one's I knew with Kevin Costner have gone.

Really? We're in uncharted territory now, are we?

So you have to make up a film

for Kevin Costner to be in.

Kevin, if you're watching...

LAUGHTER

American In Paris.

It's a musical and I know he's not in it, but I can't think of any movies.

American In Paris. Wouldn't it be amazing if, as a child, his first credited role

was as a little gamin?

-Anyway...

-Oh, I doubt it.

29 you're on. You want to score 12 or less.

You are saying American In Paris. There's your red line.

If you get below that red line, you're through to the next round.

-I think we both know the answer to this.

-Good luck.

An American In Paris, is it right?

-GROANING

-Bad luck, Les. I'm afraid that,

as you know, is an incorrect answer, scoring you 100 points,

taking your total up to 129. Richard.

Yeah, sorry. He is American.

He has been to Paris.

Well, that should count.

But unfortunately, it was released four years before he was born.

LAUGHTER

But he's got a Gene Kelly look about him. You could mistake him for Gene Kelly,

were you horrifically drunk.

LAUGHTER

Right, now, Rachel.

You have to score 89 points

or less with this answer. You're currently on 39.

If you score less than 89 points, you are through to the next round.

I've no idea at all about this. I'm really sorry.

Did you know some of the other films that people have mentioned?

-I've heard of them.

-Do you know who Kevin Costner is?

-No.

-Seriously?

-I've heard of him!

Most probably if I'd seen a picture of him, I'd recognise him.

I'm just going to say Batman, cos I have no idea.

If in doubt, say Batman. Right, OK.

Well, there's your red line. Below that red line, you are through.

Let's see if Batman is correct.

I didn't expect that. I'm quite surprised.

Bad luck. I'm afraid that scores you 100 points,

-taking your total up to 139. Richard.

-Yeah, again, it's worth a guess.

The movie Batman was Michael Keaton, but you would think maybe he'd been in one of them.

-Shall I tell you the four films I think are quite good?

-Yeah.

I think The Untouchables is good. I think JFK is a good film.

I think Field Of Dreams is a brilliant film.

-Mm-hm.

-Do you like Field Of Dreams?

-I do quite like Field Of Dreams.

-And I think No Way Out is a good film.

-Haven't seen it.

-Well...

-I shall.

-You see it. Let's take a look at the pointless answers here.

Well done if you got any of these at home. 3,000 Miles To Graceland, which is...

They sort of try to rob a casino during an Elvis convention.

American Flyers, one of his many sports movies. Fandango.

Malibu Hot Summer, that was his very first film. Message In A Bottle.

Mr Brooks, where he has a murderous alter ego.

Night Shift. Swing Vote, which I watched on a plane recently.

It's a good idea for a film, but really very bad. Almost worth watching.

And The Upside Of Anger. All of those were pointless answers.

We've already heard all three of the worst answers, the ones that most of our 100 people gave. I say "worst".

Batman is the worst answer.

No, no, I'm kidding! American In Paris is the worst answer we've had.

The Bodyguard, there we go, with 29. Then Waterworld, 39.

And, right at the top, Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves with 40.

Thanks. So at the end of round one, the losing pair with the highest score.

It's Katy and Rachel.

Just not your category at all, was it?

-No.

-Katy, you like film? Film, great. Kevin Costner...

I like Johnny Depp films. I just don't like Kevin Costner films.

I think the British public agrees with you.

You've given it your best shot, for heaven's sake.

-It doesn't make us feel any better.

-Doesn't it? I'm sorry.

Well, you've been lovely contestants. Thank you very much for playing.

APPLAUSE

For the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.

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.

OK, the category for round two is...

Occupations. There you are, occupations.

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.

And the question is...

In this round, we're about to show you the names of some occupations.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to tell us the items they make, repair and/or supply.

Richard. "And/or", first time I've had one of those.

-"And slash or?"

-"And" slash "or".

-We're going to show you six occupations.

The more obscure the occupation the fewer points you're going to score.

If you give us a wrong answer to any of them, you'll score 100 points.

OK, here are your first six occupations.

I'll just read those one more time.

Now then, Les, we are looking for the things these people work with.

-Les, what do you do?

-I'm a police officer.

You're a police officer. Whereabouts? In County Durham?

In Northumbria, actually in the city of Sunderland.

Very good indeed.

Do you come across all these occupations within Sunderland?

A cobbler, cos I walk a lot.

-Sssh! Don't give it away.

-Sorry.

What? He just passed his shop, maybe. You walk a lot past his shop, don't you?

-Yes. Which of those do you think is the most obscure, the most obscure one you know?

-Erm, I'll say cobbler.

-You'll say cobbler.

-I've said it, so...

You've said it, so you'll say it.

There it is, right at the bottom, cobbler. And what does a cobbler do?

-Shoes. Repairs them, things like that.

-Shoes. OK, very good.

Let's see if that is right and, if it is, let's see how many people knew cobblers worked with shoes.

Good grief!

Wow, it must have been a load of cobblers in our 100 people.

-OK, that scores you 93, Les. High score.

-It's a huge score, isn't it?

I would have thought that was a fairly safe bet, but people know their cobblers, don't they?

It can also be a drink and a fruit pie, if you're interested, a cobbler.

Yeah, it can. Very good.

Mark.

I'm going to go for milliner.

-It's a hat maker.

-Milliner, hat.

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

Well, it is right.

59, that scores you.

Milliner, Richard?

Yeah, absolutely. Comes originally from Milan, where people who exported fancy goods came from.

It came to mean a hat maker, a milliner.

OK. Now, Tammy, we are looking for the things that these occupations work with.

Erm, I know a costermonger makes stuff that costs a lot,

so I won't say that, because that's probably obvious.

What do you do, Tammy? What line of work are you in?

I work for my local newspaper. I'm not a costermonger.

-Not a costermonger.

-No, I was going to be, but...

-Do you have stories on lapidaries ever?

-No.

-Patissiers?

I'm going to go for a patissier, and I don't know if I'm right or not.

I'm just thinking kind of like a pastry, cake maker.

-Mm.

-And if it is right, it's probably really high, but that's the only one I know.

A patissier, a pastry, cake maker. Right, let's see if that's right.

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

It was right.

66, that scores you.

A patissier.

Yeah, we've had the biggest three answers there by an absolute mile.

Let's have a look at the rest of the board.

-A costermonger, anybody?

-Fruit and veg.

Would have scored you five points.

-Do you know what a fletcher is, Alexander?

-Arrows.

Exactly. That would have scored you a fairly healthy 28.

And do you know what a lapidary is?

Something to do with rabbits?

Sounds like it is. It's actually somebody who works with gemstones.

It would have scored you four points, so very well done if you got that at home.

Very good. OK, let's take a look at the scores.

Very high scores from this first pass there. Yeah, 93, Les.

That was a massive score for cobblers.

66, Tammy and John.

59 for Richard and Mark. Not a great deal between you. Marie,

you're going to need a really low score to make it through.

We're going to come back down the line.

Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

OK, we're going to put six more occupations up on the board and here they are.

Let me just read those again.

I think I was at school with all of them.

-I was going to say, it looks like a 1950s English cricket team.

-Yeah, exactly.

Remember, we are looking for things that these people work with,

and you are trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew. OK, John.

You're on 66. You're not quite the highest scorers,

but if you can score 26 or less with this answer, you are definitely through to the next round.

What do you do, John?

I sell scuba diving insurance. I work for a scuba diving insurer.

Get to travel a bit and see a bit of the world.

Do you have to go and check all their facilities and dive all their sites?

Just to make sure they're up to scratch.

Yeah, sometimes and other times you have to work a bit harder.

-Other times you lie on the beach.

-Lie on the beach, yeah.

Now then,

we are looking for the things these people do and work with.

There's one really obvious one there,

and one which... Well, I'm wondering if it's as it sounds.

So, does a saddler make saddles?

I don't know. Let's see. Saddler. There's your red line coming in now.

If you get below that red line with saddler, you are through to the next round.

Saddler, let's see how many people said that.

Well, it is right.

That scores you 60, taking your total up to 126.

Richard, saddler?

Yeah, again, a good use of logic and, you know, kept the score down to 60 at least.

-Yeah, they make saddles and other leather goods for horses, things like that.

-OK, thanks very much.

Richard, you're on 59. If you can score 66 or less with this, you are through to the head-to-head.

OK, we are looking for the things that these occupations work with.

What's that list looking like to you?

-Er, a nightmare.

-Really?

-Yeah.

Tempted to go for one.

Erm...

Again, I think I'm going to play safe and go high and go with a tailor.

And it's clothes.

OK, there's your red line.

Let's see if tailor gets you anywhere near that red line.

How many people knew a tailor made clothes?

96!

Mark looks like he's swallowed a bee.

It scores you 96, takes your total up to 155. Tailor. Richard?

The word you're looking for is cobblers.

It's a big score.

That is a big, big score.

Marie, though. It's not all over.

Marie, how confident are you, looking at that board?

I definitely know one.

I think a wainwright is something to do with carts and cart wheels.

You are on 93. If you could score 61 or less with this, you're through.

I think a cutler makes cutlery, but that's too obvious,

so I'm going to go with a cooper making barrels.

Cooper making barrels, very good. Here is your red line.

Below that, you're through to the head-to-head. Let's see if cooper gets you there.

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

It is correct!

That's got it.

43! That takes your total up to 136. Richard, a cooper.

Yeah, very well played. From the Dutch word "kuiper," meaning a barrel or a tub.

But actually the other answers you gave were correct as well.

A cutler does indeed make knives and cutlery.

That would have scored you 26 points.

And wainwright, you were absolutely right.

It's wagons and things like that.

Would have scored you four points.

And if anybody had carried on the logic of a saddler making saddles and a cutler making cutlery,

then you would have also got bowyer who makes archery bows, and would have scored two points.

-So very well done if you got bowyer at home. Two points.

-OK, thanks very much, Richard.

So at the end of round two, the losing pair with the highest score, it's Richard and Mark.

Oh, Richard!

-Richard!

-Terrible. The right questions didn't come.

-It turns out you knew all of those, didn't it?

-Every single one of 'em.

Right down to bowyer, two points.

Oh, dear. It's such a shame though. We haven't seen you at your best, have we?

Not many people do.

LAUGHTER

Oh, dear, oh, dear!

Well, we had film. What would you love to have come up, Richard?

What's another category that would have...?

-Sport would have been there.

-Sport.

A bit of TV, musicals.

-Yeah.

-Historical dramas.

-Anyway, thanks very much for playing.

-You have been fantastic contestants. Lovely having you on the show.

-Thanks.

But for the remaining two pairs things are about to get even more exciting now,

as we enter the head-to-head.

So well done, Tammy and John, Les and Marie. You've made it through to the head-to-head.

Only one pair can make it through and play in today's final for the jackpot,

which currently stands at £1,000. There it is.

APPLAUSE

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

You are now allowed to confer.

You have to give an answer that scores less than the opposing pair and you will win that point.

The first pair to win two points will be playing for today's jackpot. OK, let's play Pointless.

Here's your first question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many tracks on Michael Jackson's Thriller as they could.

Tracks on Michael Jackson's Thriller. Richard.

Yeah, Michael Jackson's Thriller is the world's biggest-ever selling album.

We're looking for any of the nine tracks included on its original issue in 1982.

Nothing that's been added, remastered,

but the nine original tracks from Michael Jackson's Thriller album.

OK, Tammy and John, because you've played best throughout the show so far, you get to go first.

We are looking for tracks from Michael Jackson's Thriller album.

The Man In The Mirror?

There's a couple. We're not quite sure.

I think we've had this argument before over this particular song.

Did either of you buy the record? Do you have Thriller?

We've probably got it home, but...

I did check it. I checked it, and I can't remember what it was.

If someone said to me, "What album was it on?"

I always get confused with Thriller and Bad, so...

I think we're going to go with Billie Jean.

Billie Jean.

-OK, Billie Jean.

-I think so.

Tammy and John have gone for Billie Jean.

Les and Marie, what about you?

-Big Michael Jackson fan.

-Oh, are you?

-But again...

-Maybe that makes it even harder.

-Absolutely.

-It means you know all his singles.

-Yeah.

Exactly the same as Tammy and John.

So I know it was the biggest-selling album.

-I know it had all of these number ones and I think we're going to go with Dirty Diana.

-Dirty Diana.

Les, are you a Michael Jackson fan?

When Marie sings it, yes.

That was such a beautiful answer.

When you're in the car, she invariably sings.

I do the driving, she does the singing.

OK, we have Billie Jean, we have Dirty Diana. Tammy and John,

let's see how many people said Billie Jean and if it's a correct answer.

It's right.

Les and Marie have gone for Dirty Diana. Let's see if that is

correct and, if it is, let's see how many people said Dirty Diana.

Oh! Bad luck.

An incorrect answer. So after the first question, it is one-nil to Tammy and John. Richard.

Marie, you had exactly the same issue here. It was from Bad, Dirty Diana.

Shall we just go through all nine and put everyone out of their misery?

There are six singles on that album as well.

-There are only nine tracks on the album?

-Yeah.

Nine? How does that work? So just four tracks on one side?

Anybody under the age of 30 is going, "On each side? What are you...?"

"What on earth are you talking about?"

Yeah, so you won't understand that.

Six of them are singles. Only one of them was number one, Billie Jean.

But let's have a look at all of them.

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' would have scored two points,

well done if you got that.

Baby Be Mine with three and Human Nature as well.

PYT with four and The Lady In My Life with four.

And let's have a look at the A side.

The Girl Is Mine, which of course he did with Paul McCartney.

Beat It, 14. Billie Jean, 29, and Thriller, way out ahead with 56.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

OK, here is our second question.

Les and Marie, you have to win this point to stay in the game.

Tammy and John, if you win this point, you are straight through to the final.

All right, we gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

UK newspapers owned by News International as they could.

UK newspapers owned by News International. Richard.

We're simply looking for the five UK newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch as of April 2010.

And at home see if you can get all five.

OK, Les and Marie, you get to go first this time.

I think so, yes.

-Les, what are your hobbies?

-Reading the newspaper.

-Really?

-Yes, reading the newspaper.

-Do you ever read the bit at the bottom that says who owns the newspaper?

-I wish.

I think he owns The Sun.

He didn't own The Star, cos that was Eddy Shah.

Right. OK, what about...

-The Sun.

-The Sun.

-Yeah.

-OK.

-Going to go for The Sun?

-Yep.

We're going to say The Sun.

OK, you're going to go with The Sun.

OK, Tammy and John, The Sun has been said by Les and Marie.

We are looking for newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch.

I should know this, working for a newspaper, but...

What are your thoughts? What do you think?

Don't give it as an answer!

No, I'm not. I think News Of The World maybe.

That was my first thought. He might own The Times as well.

And that would probably include then the Sunday Times, wouldn't it?

-We'll go for News Of The World.

-I think we'll go for News Of The World.

News Of The World. Slightly more obscure than The Times?

-Hopefully.

-That's what you're hoping.

OK. Well, we have The Sun and we have News Of The World.

Again, Les and Marie, you have to win this point to stay in the game.

If Tammy and John win this point, they are straight through to the next round.

OK, you said The Sun. Let's see if it's right and, if it is, let's see how many people said it, The Sun.

It's right.

Oh, it's a high scorer.

Tammy and John have gone with The Sun's sister paper, News Of The World.

I think we can assume it's right, but let's see how many people said it. 73 said The Sun.

Will it be more or less who say the News Of The World?

Good!

It's all it had to do. 35.

So after two questions, Tammy and John are through to the final.

-Two-nil. Richard.

-Very well played, Tammy and John.

Through to the head-to-head last time and through to the final this time.

And, John, you have been through four of the five for us there.

It's The Sun, the News Of The World, The Times and The Sunday Times.

There is however a fifth and it's a Pointless answer.

So at home, very, very well done if you said

the Times Literary Supplement. Pointless.

Sunday Times there on 16. The Times on 32.

And we've heard those two, News Of The World with 35 and The Sun, way out ahead I'm afraid, with 73.

OK, thank you, Richard. So the losing pair at the end of the head to head I'm afraid is Les and Marie.

-It's OK.

-Don't worry.

You'll be back next time. What have you learnt from your first shot at Pointless?

-Not to say cobblers.

-Not to say cobblers.

You have to take a massive risk. Very best of luck to you next time.

Thank you so much for playing Pointless.

You've been great contestants. Thank you.

For Tammy and John it's now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win £1,000.

So congratulations, Tammy and John. You've seen off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

Now you have the chance to win our Pointless jackpot at the end of today's show.

The jackpot stands at £1,000.

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To win the money, all you have to do is find a Pointless answer -

an answer that none of 100 people could think of.

We haven't had any Pointless answers today.

Find one now and you will go home with that money.

First, you've got to find a category. You can choose from these three options.

Golf, classical music, flags.

-It's like a dream come true for you, isn't it, Tammy?

-Well...no!

Classical music. Right, what's it going to be?

Your choice because you know a lot about golf and flags.

-Classical music's probably a "no" for both of us, yeah?

-Definitely.

Golf, my family are in the audience. I played golf yesterday.

Still feeling the effects, but I like to play but...

Hang on! What effects do you feel from golf?

Oh, sore arms and back...

-I see, yes.

-That effect I think, sore arm.

-I was going to say.

So, yeah. I like to play golf, I know.

I'm a bit of a sports fanatic, but golf isn't one of my big ones.

Flags, mm? We've travelled quite a bit,

-so I wonder if that might... I don't know.

-Pick flags.

-We could have a go at flags.

-I might be able to help you a bit.

How far have you travelled?

-What's the furthest you've been?

-We did a round-the-world trip, so...

-Blimey, you've been everywhere.

-We've been to a few places, yeah.

Flags would be better than classical music, definitely.

-If we're do golf, that probably just puts it down to me answering.

-Yeah.

So if we go with flags, we've both got a chance of chipping in.

OK, you've chosen flags. Let's see what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

horizontal tricolour flags as they could.

Horizontal tricolour flags. Richard.

We're looking for the flags of any country that consist of

three unbroken and equal lines of solid colour.

Flags that have an emblem on them, like Bolivia, or things with coats of arms won't count.

So just three equal lines of unbroken colour.

Right.

OK, your 60 seconds start now.

Germany. Is Germany one?

-Horizontal or vertical?

-Horizontal.

-Horizontal.

-Yep. Germany.

-Holland.

-Is that white, blue and orange?

-Yeah.

-I think.

-Ireland?

No, Ireland's vertical, isn't it?

So Holland and Germany. Er, let's go for some obscure ones maybe.

-OK.

-Where are you thinking?

-I'm not.

Different colours, horizontal, horizontal?

Somewhere like Slovenia.

-OK.

-I don't know what their flag is, but...

-Oh, right.

There's no point going for one that...

-What else can you think of?

-Erm...

Cos they can't have a logo on them either, so, erm...

-I can't think. South Africa?

-India?

-Africa?

-India, but I think it might have a star on it. I'm not sure.

Has Africa got lines?

-Argentina? Argentina?

-It's vertical blue and white. It's not...

-Oh...

-Horizontal, different colours.

So... Let's just pick... So we'll say Holland, Germany...

What was the other one I just said?

-Slovenia.

-Slovenia. Probably not, but let's have a go.

-All right.

OK, that's your minute.

-What are your three answers?

-Erm...

I would say Germany would be one.

I'd say Holland.

I don't know if there's something else on the three stripes, but I'll say India.

India. OK, we were looking for flags with horizontal tricolour.

Now which of those do you think is your best shot at a Pointless answer?

Erm, maybe India if there's nothing on it, but I've got

a horrible feeling there might be something like a star on it.

But we were quite short on answers there, so we'll have a go.

-OK, we'll put India last then, shall we?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

OK, India we'll put up last. Which is probably your least confident?

Germany, everybody will know Germany.

OK, OK. So we'll put them in that order. Germany first.

Holland.

Netherlands.

And India. OK.

This was your least confident answer.

You only need one of these to be pointless to win the £1,000 jackpot.

OK, let's see how many people said Germany.

Well, it's right. It's right.

This is your first shot at a pointless answer to win that jackpot of £1,000.

37 people said Germany. So, unfortunately, that's not a pointless answer.

You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot. You've been to Germany.

-Did you go on your round-the-world trip to Germany?

-No.

-No.

No one really does, do they?

Round the world. "Yeah, I went to Germany, Belgium..."

-I'm guessing you flew rather further afield to start that one off.

-Yeah.

We are looking for horizontal tricolour flags.

Let's hope nobody said your second answer, which is the Netherlands.

Germany, 37.

Netherlands?

-What do you reckon?

-A bit lower.

Only one way to find out. It has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot with this answer.

Let's see if it's right and, if it is, let's see how many people said the Netherlands, for £1,000

It is correct!

Still going down.

Your second shot at the jackpot. Into the 20s, Netherlands 14.

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I'm afraid the Netherlands is not a pointless answer either.

You knew it wasn't going to be pointless. These are the two you thought other people would know.

Your third answer, though, if it doesn't have a star on it...

-He's been to India as well.

-I spent a couple of months in India.

There's a very good curry house round the corner from me.

-It's called the Star of India.

-Yay(!)

-Oh!

The bar next door, the Tricolour of India, is also quite...

Also worth a visit.

We only have one final chance to win today's jackpot of £1,000.

You said this was the answer, as long it doesn't have a star on,

that was your most confident shot at a pointless answer.

It has to be pointless if you're going to win that jackpot of £1,000.

Let's hope it's correct and let's hope nobody said it. India.

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Unfortunately, India is an incorrect answer.

You haven't found that all-important pointless answer,

so you don't win today's jackpot of £1,000, which will roll over to the next show.

-But you do get to take home our Pointless trophy.

-Yes, that's good.

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So, Richard, what should they have said?

The Indian flag, it doesn't have a star on it, but it's got a wheel on it, the chakra.

There's six pointless answers. Well done if you got any of these.

There's Hungary, which is red, white and green. Luxembourg.

There's Armenia, which is red, blue and orange.

Sierra Leone, which is green, white and blue.

Gabon, which is green, yellow and blue, and Yemen, at the bottom there, which is red, white and black.

Tough luck.

Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, Tammy and John.

It's been fantastic having you on the show though.

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So nobody's won our jackpot today, so that will roll over, which means

on the next show we'll be playing for £2,000.

-Join us next time. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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