Episode 38 Pointless

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Thank you very much. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and this is Pointless,

the quiz show where obscurity needs to rate high, but the scores need to be low. Let's meet today's players.

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Firstly, we welcome Charis and Sophie. How do you two know each other?

We're friends from university. We met when we were at Cambridge. We've just qualified to be primary teachers.

You have just qualified. Many congratulations. Are you in the same part of the country?

-I'm in Surrey and Sophie...

-I'm in Cambridge.

Very best of luck to both of you.

And welcome to Lauren III and Lauren. What happened to Lauren II? Where is he?

-He didn't have the bottle for it.

-He really didn't?

-No.

-What's your full name?

-It's Lauren Lloyd Brando Baron De Rothschild Allen III.

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-Now, that...

..is brilliant. Very best of luck to you this afternoon.

And welcome back, David and John. Remind us how you did last time.

-We went out the first round. There was a bit of a catastrophe.

-Bit of a children's TV programme catastrophe.

-It wasn't up our street.

-Sesame Street. Never watched it?

-No, never.

I hated it when I was a kid. I hate it even more now.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final. This is your final chance.

Very, very best of luck to you.

Finally, we welcome back Phil and Jamie. Phil and Jamie, how did you do last time?

The first round, we both got a pointless answer which we were pleased with.

That's some of your money in that jackpot.

Yeah, we're hoping to pull some of that back.

-And maybe add a few more pointlesses this time. Let's hope we don't have any more bridge questions, eh?

-Yeah.

Best of luck to you. We'll find out more about all of you later. There is one more person to introduce.

-He's a one-man quest for obscure knowledge - my Pointless friend Richard.

-Hiya.

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-Just a man with a man's knowledge.

-On a one-man quest.

-On a one-man quest.

-I thought everyone would join me, but I'm the only one who's interested.

-Sorry, what were you saying?

-I keep looking behind me and no-one there.

We've got two returning pairs. Phil and Jamie did rather well last time. They'll want to go further.

We've had a terrible run of teachers being on the show. Every time a teacher comes on, they do badly.

But as Sophie and Charis aren't quite teachers yet, they might be all right. Have you qualified?

-Yes.

-Have you had your first pay cheque?

-No.

-Have you stood in front of a class and done a register?

-Yeah.

Then you're a teacher!

We put our questions to 100 people before the show, but we're after the obscure answers they didn't get.

To stay in the game with a chance to win our jackpot, our players must score as few points as they can.

Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer, an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

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

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

so today's jackpot starts at an unbelievably high £6,750.

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-Exciting jackpot.

OK, let's play Pointless.

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 will be eliminated.

OK, guys, our first category this afternoon is...

There you are, Historical Britain.

Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many castles in the UK as they could.

Castles in the UK.

-Richard?

-I'm afraid we're going to have to be a bit more specific.

All the correct answers in this round are castles in the UK.

Castles...

Sophie and Charis, you all drew lots before the show and you get to go first.

We're going to give you a choice of seven possible answers on the board in each pass.

The first set of seven possible answers reads like this.

Now, I can tell you that at least one of those answers is pointless.

But there's at least one incorrect answer in there.

If you pick one of those, you will score the maximum of 100 points.

-Sophie?

-Well, the ones that came to my mind weren't any of those,

apart from an obvious one.

But I'm going to go with...

..Powderham.

Powderham. Where do you think Powderham might be? Where would you imagine Powderham could be?

I'm going to go down south somewhere.

-Powderham down south?

-Yeah.

-Let's see if it's a correct answer and if it is, how many people said it.

It's right.

Very good.

Very good indeed, Sophie. Well done!

That is a pointless answer. It adds 250 quid to today's jackpot

and takes the total up to £7,000.

-Most importantly, it scores you nothing. Richard?

-Very good start.

Powderham is indeed down south. It's near Exeter, in fact.

-I knew that.

-"Powderham" sounds like what's next to the toilet.

-Yeah.

"I'm going to visit the 'Powderham'." People aren't expecting you to go near Exeter.

Very good. What a brilliant answer!

Lauren III, we're looking for castles in the UK. What do you think, Lauren III?

Yeah, there's one obvious one.

But I think I'm going to take a punt and go for Dover.

OK, Dover Castle you're going to take a punt on.

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

There is a Dover Castle.

16.

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Not a bad score at all for Dover Castle.

Yeah, well played, Lauren III.

Wonderful castle, a stronghold of medieval England that's been through all sorts of tribulations.

We're looking for castles in the UK.

-John, this is better than Sesame Street.

-Well, I've heard of them.

There's one or two there which are obvious ones.

What's this obvious one everyone keeps talking about? Oh, yes, I see it. Yes. Ah, yes.

I see what you're saying.

I'm going to go for it, really... The Herstmonceux?

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

It's right.

Oh, it's very good.

It's brilliant. Look at that, John.

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Very good. Herstmonceux scores you just one point.

-Richard?

-Very good. One of the earliest brick buildings in England

and very near where I grew up, so I went a lot when I was a child, but that wouldn't have helped you.

OK, now then, Jamie...

Initially, I was going to go for Dover and everyone keeps talking about this obvious answer,

so I think I'm going to play safe and hope that Windsor is the obvious answer.

-You're going to go for the obvious answer?

-What I think might be the obvious answer. I'm not sure.

Is that how we play Pointless, Jamie?

-Is that what we do in this game?

-Probably not, but...

Phil (your boss) is...

He has his head now in both hands.

I think you mean "Phil (his ex-boss)"?

-I've been promoted.

-Yeah(!)

But you've gone for Windsor.

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

58.

Windsor has scored you 58.

That's a surprisingly low score. Were you worried there wasn't a castle in Windsor?

I was pretty sure, but I had my doubts.

I've got to tell you that the Queen would be furious if she turned up

and said, "I'm almost certain there's a castle here."

Let's take a look at the rest of the things on the board.

Leeds Castle is a real castle.

That's in Kent just to confuse the tourists.

It would've scored you 34 points, Leeds Castle.

Bamburgh Castle in your neck of the woods in Northumbria.

Would've scored you 7 points.

So, by a process of elimination, the incorrect answer was Friars Mount

-which was a slum area of London from the 19th century. Sounds like a castle though.

-Doesn't it?

Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.

We range all the way from Sophie and Charis on a fantastic nought...

Look at that, brilliant. Great answer from Sophie.

..all the way up to Phil and Jamie way out in front on 58.

Now then, Phil, you've got to hope that somebody else drops a clanger like that on the next pass.

-You, Phil...

-No, no, no.

-And you, Phil, have got to try and find a pointless answer from the next list.

We'll come back down the line. Can the second players take their places at the podium?

OK, we're going to put seven more answers on the board.

We are looking for castles in the UK and we have got...

Let me read those again.

Again I can tell you that at least one of those answers is pointless

and at least one is incorrect, so avoid those at all costs.

Phil, you know what you have to do. You're on 58, the highest scorers.

Um...

Dunrobin. Dun-"robe"-in.

Hopefully.

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

It has to score as low as it can. It's right.

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You needed that. It's a pointless answer.

Another pointless answer. It adds another 250 quid to today's jackpot, taking the total up to £7,250.

-And it scores you nothing.

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It leaves you with a total of 58. Is that going to be enough to see you through? Richard?

-Yeah, Dunrobin was a naval hospital in the First World War. It's in Sutherland up in the Highlands.

-OK.

David, you're on 1. If you can score 56 or less with this answer, you are through to the next round.

-Yeah, OK.

-So then, David, we are looking for castles in the UK. What are you going to go for?

Well, seeing as I live down the road from it,

I'm going to gamble that it's less than Windsor and go for Warwick.

You're going to go for Warwick Castle.

There's your red line. If Warwick Castle gets you below that, you are through to the next round.

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

It's right.

Good enough to get you through.

Very good answer. 22.

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-Giving you a total of 23.

-Warwick Castle, Richard?

-Yeah, there's been a castle on that site since Saxon times.

-Interesting.

Lauren?

Lauren, you're on 16.

If you can score 41 or less with this answer,

41 or less, you are through to the next round for sure.

What do you think?

Oh, a tough one. Hmm...

-I'll go for Balmoral.

-OK.

Again, shall we have a chat about Pointless?

The little, obscure castle there(!)

Here is your red line. If Balmoral gets you below that red line, you are through to the next round.

This could be the life-saver that Phil and Jamie were praying for. OK...

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

Wow!

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Well...

Well, I feel a proper idiot.

And I deserve to, I deserve to, frankly.

-Lauren, I bow down to your superior judgment.

-That's OK.

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That scores you 10 points. That takes your total up to 26.

10 points for Balmoral, Richard?!

I think lots of people don't realise it's a castle.

People think it's a country house, so maybe it scored a bit lower.

But the Queen spends a lot of time there, especially since they knocked down Windsor Castle(!)

-It's been a real bolthole for her.

-We're looking for castles in the UK.

Charis?

Um, well...

I think, out of the four that's left,

obviously one of them is definitely right.

And Oystermouth sounds like something you'd make up.

-Something I'd make up?

-Yeah. I think...

Blandings, I don't know, it's a pretty boring name, really, for a castle.

So I'm going to go for Ludlow.

-Sorry, Sophie.

-It was like having Sherlock Holmes standing there.

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Ludlow, you say? Ludlow. There's your red line.

-Yeah.

-If Ludlow gets you below that red line, we say goodbye to Phil and Jamie

and you remain on the show.

Above that red line, we say goodbye to you and Sophie.

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

Well done.

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That is another pointless answer.

It adds another £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to £7,500.

It scores you nothing. It gives you a total of nothing. A brilliant first round!

The future of Britain's primary school children is in safe hands.

Ludlow Castle was a Norman castle, now in ruins, up in Shropshire.

Let's take a look at the other answers. There is one obvious one which is Edinburgh.

It would have scored you a hefty 43 points.

-And you know what the incorrect answer is there.

-Blandings is from PG Wodehouse.

From the novels of PG Wodehouse.

And Oystermouth is on the Gower Peninsula round near Swansea.

It would've scored you 1 point, so well done if you got that.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of Round 1, the losing pair with the highest score, it's Phil and Jamie.

-Yeah.

-Phil and Jamie, you've scored three pointlesses in your all-too-brief Pointless careers.

That's 750 quid you've added to that board.

How selfless! And now...

-Enjoy it!

-As last time, you've been fantastic contestants and sorry to say goodbye to you so soon.

-Thanks so much for playing. Thank you.

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

It's time to find out which two teams go through to the head-to-head for the chance to reach the final.

The category for Round Two is...

Pop Music.

Charis again delighted.

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

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

OK, and the question concerns...

It's going to be about female singers and their groups.

We're about to show you some female singers.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to tell us the bands they sing or sang in.

-Richard?

-We'll give you six female singers on each pass.

Simply tell us the group they've had Top 40 hits with as of 2010.

Obscure ones will score you fewer points, but an incorrect answer will score you 100 points.

-See if you can get all six at home.

-OK, the first six are...

Let me just read those again.

OK, so, Charis, I am looking for the bands that these singers sing or sang with.

OK, I know two of them.

So I'm going to go for Louise Redknapp and she was in Eternal.

Louise Redknapp was in Eternal, says Charis. Is that right?

If it is, how many people knew that answer - Louise Redknapp, Eternal.

It's right.

Very good. 25. Not a bad answer, Charis.

Eternal scoring 25. Not a bad answer.

-Well played, Charis. Louise Redknapp was Louise Nurding, then married...

-Nurling?

-Nurding.

-Even prettier.

-It's a lovely name, isn't it?

Thanks very much, Richard.

Lauren III, we are looking for the bands that these singers sing or sang with.

-I think you'll be good at this. You know your music, don't you?

-I do. This is a lot better than castles.

I fancy my chances.

OK, the most obscure one you can pick, please.

I'm going to go with Michelle Williams at the top and Destiny's Child.

Michelle Williams and Destiny's Child, says Lauren III.

-Lauren, is this a good answer, do you think?

-I hope so.

-Not you. Lauren.

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Lauren III, if I'm speaking to you, you'll know I'm speaking to you because I'll say your name.

-Lauren, is this a good answer?

-I hope so.

So do I, Lauren. Well, Lauren III, only one way to find out.

Michelle Williams, Destiny's Child, is it the right answer and if it is, how many people said it?

It is correct.

It's a great answer, Lauren III.

That scores you 7 points, Destiny's Child.

Well done. Michelle Williams was in Destiny's Child

alongside probably the more famous Kelly Rowland and Beyonce.

Now then, David, we are looking for the groups that these singers sing or sang with.

Unfortunately, both of my answers have gone, so I'll have to go for one of the obvious ones

and go for the one I think is going to get the least points out of the two.

I'm going to go for Nicole Scherzinger in Pussycat Dolls.

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

28.

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28 for Nicole Scherzinger.

-Well done. Better safe than sorry. Is Nicole Scherzinger the one going out with Lewis Hamilton?

-Probably.

-Who's your favourite of the Pussycat Dolls?

-Nicole Scherzinger.

You know what? Mine too. Let's look at the other ones on the list.

-Melanie Chisholm, who did she sing with?

-Mel C?

-Mel C.

-With...?

-With the Pussycat Alouds. No, the Spice Girls.

Spice Girls, exactly right. Would have scored you a fairly hefty 39.

-Ruth Pointer...

-The Pointer Sisters.

-Exactly right.

-That should've been "Automatic".

-With 15.

-And Monica Irimia...

-She is a Cheeky Girl.

And if you got that at home, shame on you.

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

Well, interesting scores.

Lauren and Lauren III, way out in front there.

Lauren, if you can keep up Lauren III's good work on the first pass, you'll be in the head-to-head.

Not much really between you, Charis and Sophie and David and John.

Let's see what happens in the next pass. Can the second players take their places at the podium?

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

We'll do those one more time.

John, we are looking for the bands that these singers sing or sang with.

You're trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

-It's not my strongest point.

-You're on 28. You are the high scorers.

I don't want to pile the pressure on,

but the lower you score now, the better your chances of staying in the game.

-I'm going to take a little bit of a gamble and go for Mary Wilson.

-Mm-hm.

-Mary Wilson and The Supremes.

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

It's right.

Still going. 15.

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-15 that scores you, taking your total up to 43.

-Is that enough to keep you in the game? Richard?

-Great answer - Mary Wilson, of course, in The Supremes.

Now then, Lauren...

You are the low scorers on 7.

If you can score 35 or less with this answer, you are through to the head-to-head, Lauren.

He went for the one I would have gone for. Um...

-How is your girl band knowledge, Lauren?

-Poor.

-Poor.

But I'll go for Blatt. I think it was All Saints.

You're going to go for Melanie Blatt and you're going to say All Saints.

Here's your red line. If All Saints gets you below that red line,

you are in the head-to-head.

Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said Melanie Blatt was in All Saints.

It's only right.

Down it goes.

And it's good enough to see you into the head-to-head.

That scores you 16. It takes your total up to 23.

-Richard?

-Yeah, he's a sly fox, isn't he, Lauren?

Look at that little grin! "What, girl bands? No, I don't look at that sort of thing."

"I do remember someone quite obscure from a band of ten years ago!"

"Melanie Blatt obviously was in All Saints alongside Shaznay Lewis and the Appleton sisters,

"but apart from that, I don't know. It's not really my area."

Right, OK, so, Sophie, it is all in your hands.

You are on 25. If you can score 17 or less with this answer, you are through to the head-to-head.

Anything more than 17 and we say goodbye.

Well, Kimberley Walsh was obviously in Girls Aloud

and Liz McClarnon, however you say her name, she was in Atomic Kitten.

I'm going to have to go for Liz "McClarnon-non" in Atomic Kitten.

-Say it after me. McClarnon.

-McClarnon.

-McClarnon.

-Liz McClarnon.

-McClarnon.

-In Atomic Kitten.

-Write it out ten times...

before the next time you're on and we'll say no more about it.

Liz McClarnon, Atomic Kitten. There's your red line.

-It's about kitten height.

-Yeah.

If Atomic Kitten gets you below that red line, you are through to the next round.

Let's see if Liz McClarnon is right and if it is, how many people knew she was in Atomic Kitten.

It's right.

Oh, so cruel, so close to the line there!

That scores you 24 and gives you a total of 49, Sophie and Charis.

That is the high score at the end of the round. Richard?

Liz McClarnon, one of many people who went through Atomic Kitten.

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

Kimberley Walsh is from Girls Aloud, but would've scored 36 points,

so wouldn't have seen you through to the next round. Do you know who Mollie King is from?

She's from The Saturdays. Who wouldn't know that(?)

That would've got you through to the next round because she scored 8.

And Emily Robison, The Dixie Chicks, just scores 1 point, so very well done if you got that.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of Round Two, the losing pair with the highest score,

oh, it's Sophie and Charis.

It's important that everyone learns something from Pointless.

And I would like to know what it is that you have learnt.

-I have learnt that Mollie King is in The Saturdays.

-Yeah, there you are.

-I think we've all learnt that.

We did all learn that. Sophie and Charis, I'm sorry. You did so well in the first round.

It seems wrong to be sending you home after the second round,

but we will see you next time when I hope you'll put all the lessons you've learnt into practice.

-Thanks very much for playing now.

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For the remaining two pairs, things are about to get even more exciting now as we enter the head-to-head.

We've already said goodbye to two teams.

It's time to find out which of our remaining pairs will be playing for today's jackpot

which currently stands at £7,500.

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Lauren III, Lauren, David and John, you are now going head-to-head on the best of three questions.

You are now allowed to confer.

You have to give me an answer to each question that scores less than the other pair to win that question.

The first pair to win two questions is through to the final to play for the jackpot. Let's play Pointless.

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

as many of the world's most visited countries as they could.

The world's most visited countries. Richard?

We want any of the world's top ten most visited countries in 2009,

-according to the World Tourism Organisation.

-Lauren III and Lauren,

because you've played best throughout the show, you go first.

We're looking for the world's most visited countries. What are you going to say?

WHISPERING

OK, do we have an answer?

I'm going to say China.

China. OK, the Laurens are going with China.

David and John?

-Um...

-Spain, America.

Shall we say Spain?

-Spain or America?

-Spain.

-Spain?

-We'll go for Spain.

-OK, you're going to say Spain.

So we have China and Spain. Let's see if China is correct and if it is, how many people said it.

It's right.

22.

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Good answer. David and John went for Spain. Let's see if it's correct and if it is, how many people said it.

75.

A high-scoring answer there. So after the first question, it is 1-0 to the Laurens. Richard?

China was a very good answer because all the obvious ones were above it.

Four answers could have beaten it, but all of them would have been a risk. Let's take a look at them.

Malaysia is the ninth most visited country in the world and Mexico is the tenth most.

Malaysia would have scored you 5, Mexico 10.

Turkey with 14, Germany with 21. All of those would have been a risk, but would have won you the point.

There's China on 22.

And the more obvious answers up here - Italy on 35,

the UK on 46, the sixth most visited country in the world.

France on 68, that's the most visited in the world,

then Spain on 75 and the USA right at the top there on 83.

OK, we've had one question. Lauren and Lauren are ahead 1-0.

David and John, if you don't win this point, you are off the show, we say goodbye.

Here is your second question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many animals in the traditional rhyme Who Killed Cock Robin as they could. Richard?

We're looking for any of the animals mentioned in that nursery rhyme.

We won't, for obvious reasons, accept Cock Robin.

David and John, you get to go first this time.

WHISPERING

We're looking for the animals who killed Cock Robin.

We'll say the sparrow.

Lauren and Lauren, they are saying the sparrow.

I'm not too sure of the rhyme myself - full stop.

We'll just throw something out there cos we've got to say an answer, so we'll say the spider.

The spider. OK, we have the sparrow and we have the spider.

David and John said sparrow. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it - sparrow.

Well, it is right.

32.

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OK, Laurens,

if you win this point, you are now straight through to the final.

Spider, is it right and if it is, how many people said it?

No.

Bad luck. So, after two questions, it's one-all. Richard?

It's a good enough guess. There's plenty of animals in there.

Sparrow is the obvious answer, it was the top answer.

Let's look at these animals. You'll kick yourself for not choosing a different one,

but there's thrush with 2,

dove, bull, rook, linnet and kite all with 3,

beetle with 4, lark also with 4,

wren with 5, fish with 6,

owl with 8, fly with 15 - he was the eye witness, of course,

and sparrow right at the top there, that naughty, naughty sparrow, 32 points.

Thanks, Richard. Third question. Whoever wins this question is through to the final

and will be playing for that £7,500 jackpot.

OK, we gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many Beyond The Fringe performers as they could.

Beyond The Fringe. Richard?

We're looking for any of the four satirical performers who performed

in the ground-breaking 1960s satire Beyond The Fringe.

OK, Lauren III and Lauren, it is your turn to go first this time.

WHISPERING

OK, Lauren?

-Dudley Moore.

-Dudley Moore, OK.

We have Dudley Moore.

-We're going to go with the other one.

-We'll go for the other one, yeah.

-We're going for Pete.

-You're going to go for...?

-Pete Cook. Peter Cook.

Peter Cook, OK.

We have Dudley Moore and Peter Cook. Lauren III and Lauren have gone for Dudley Moore.

Let's see if that's right and how many people said it - Dudley Moore.

It's right.

12.

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An impressive low score there for Dudley Moore.

David and John have gone for Peter Cook. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it if it is.

Oh!

Wow!

Well done, Lauren III and Lauren.

Dudley Moore wins it for you by a whisker.

So, after three questions, Lauren III and Lauren are through to the final 2-1.

-Richard?

-Very well played. David and John, you were trying to think of the other two.

They were... Let's take a look.

Jonathan Miller with 4 and Alan Bennett with 6.

And we have Dudley Moore with 12 and Peter Cook with 13.

Thanks, Richard. The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, it's David and John.

-Oh, that was close.

-Yeah.

-That was really, really close.

-At least we improved on last time.

You certainly did. You've done incredibly well, right through to the head-to-head.

-It's been a very impressive round from you.

-We were just planning to get them at the end.

-Congratulations.

-Yeah.

-Thanks. Well played.

-You've been great contestants. Thanks very much for playing.

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But for Lauren and Lauren, it's now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win £7,500.

Congratulations, Lauren and Lauren III.

You've seen off all the competition and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy. Well done.

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-Very well done indeed.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot. At the end of today's show, it stands at £7,500.

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The rules are simple. To win the money, all you have to do

is find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people could think of.

We've had three pointless answers on the show today. You just have to find one more to win that money.

First, choose a category from these three options.

Universities, Languages or Hollywood Legends.

What do you think? I'd say Hollywood Legends or Unis.

I'll go with whatever you say.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-So it's on me, is it?

-You're the lucky one.

OK, Hollywood Legends, please.

Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many films directed by and starring Clint Eastwood as they could. Richard?

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

for which Clint Eastwood received both an acting and directing credit. No short films, TV films.

Voice performances do count,

but any film starring and being directed by Clint Eastwood. Very best of luck.

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

All you need to win that £7,500 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

OK, your 60 seconds start now.

Right, what about obscure or before '70s, '80s, compared to now?

You've got the one with the gorilla. What's that? The orangutan?

Every Which Way But Loose. Play Misty For Me?

-No, he didn't direct that.

-Did he not?

-He starred in it.

-Really?

What about any of the Dirty Harrys? Did he direct those? Unforgiven?

-Yes, Unforgiven.

-Million Dollar Baby?

-Yeah.

What else? Eastwood, Eastwood. Recent...

-Gran Torino recently as well.

-Yeah, yeah.

OK, any further back?

-We'll go with those.

-Yeah, OK. Are you happy with...?

-You're happy with those?

-We'll pick a few out of there.

-Stop the clock. Your time is up.

We were looking for films directed by and starring Clint Eastwood.

I now need your three answers.

-One would be Unforgiven.

-Unforgiven.

-Every Which Way But Loose.

-Every Which Way But Loose.

-And...

-Not Million...?

-Yeah.

-Million Dollar Baby.

-Million Dollar Baby?

-Yeah.

Which of those do you reckon is your best shot at a pointless answer?

Million Dollar or Every Which Way But Loose.

Unforgiven.

-LAUGHTER

-You like them all.

-You don't really mind which order they go in.

-No, get them up.

-OK.

We were looking for films directed by and starring Clint Eastwood.

You only need one of these answers to be pointless to win that £7,500 jackpot.

Let's see how many people said Every Which Way But Loose

and see if that is a correct answer and then maybe a pointless answer. Every Which Way But Loose.

An incorrect answer. That wasn't pointless, obviously.

You now only have two more chances to win that jackpot of £7,500.

What would you spend £7,500 on?

Well, good question. I need a new motor, to be fair. Mine's an absolute shed!

So, yeah, my share would be going towards that.

-Lauren Senior, what about you?

-He'll have the other half.

-I'm happy with that.

You can just get a lift any time you want one.

Your second answer is Unforgiven. We want films directed by and starring Clint Eastwood.

Let's hope nobody said this. This has to be a correct answer.

It then has to go all the way down to zero for you to win that jackpot of £7,500.

Unforgiven. Let's see how many people said that.

Well, it's right.

Unforgiven you've said.

This has to go all the way down to pointless for you to win that £7,500.

Ooh!

APPLAUSE

18 people said that, so Unforgiven is not a pointless answer.

This is your last chance to win today's jackpot.

We're looking for films directed by and starring Clint Eastwood.

Million Dollar Baby is your last answer.

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

It's right.

This is your last shot at that jackpot of £7,500.

Down it goes into the 30s, the 20s.

This is for £7,500...

APPLAUSE

Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that crucial pointless answer,

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £7,500 which rolls over to the next show,

but you have been amazing and you do get to take home our Pointless trophy.

APPLAUSE

-Oh, Richard...

-Yes, it's a shame.

-How much did you want them to win that?

A lot. Almost as much as Lauren III wanted to win it, I think.

He won Best Director for Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby,

but Every Which Way But Loose was directed by James Fargo.

There were seven pointless answers. Let's take a look at some of them.

All of these would have won you the money -

Absolute Power which he starred in with Gene Hackman,

Space Cowboys, The Eiger Sanction.

Honkytonk Man, Bronco Billy, Firefox,

all of those were pointless.

And White Hunter Black Heart.

-Did you know any of those pointless answers?

-Yes.

-Which one did you know?

All of them.

Now that I've seen them, yes, yeah.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Lauren and Lauren III.

-But you have been fantastic contestants. Thank you both so much for playing. Thank you.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

Nobody's won our jackpot today, so it rolls over,

which means on the next show we'll be playing for £8,500.

APPLAUSE

-Join us next time to see if someone wins it. It's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me.

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