Episode 39 Pointless

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

the quiz show where the stakes are high but the points need to be low. Let's meet the players.

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Welcome back, Charis and Sophie B, you were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances on Pointless. How did you do?

-We did very well in the first round, we got two pointless answers.

-Two pointless answers?

But in the second round we didn't make it.

Bad luck! What would you like to see come up this afternoon?

-Some movies.

-Movies.

-Bit of film.

-Charis, what about you?

Er...yeah, movies or maybe... capital cities, maybe...

-I'll have a word with Richard and see what he can do.

-Nothing.

-No?

-Sorry.

Oh, well, best of luck. And we welcome Steve and Steve.

-How do you two know each other and where are you from?

-Southampton, and we're neighbours of six years.

Wow! Steve and Steve! Were you friends before you were neighbours or did you meet over the fence?

-Over the fence, through the front door.

-How nice!

-Across the poker table.

-Across the...

-How long did it take you to get down to poker?

-Very quickly from knowing each other.

-We started playing quite quickly.

-Right. Fantastic! Well, best of luck to the pair of you on the show.

Next we welcome Paul and Sophie H. How do you two know each other?

We worked on Brighton Pier together, selling food, ice creams, fish and chips, that kind of thing.

-We've been friends ever since.

-You don't do that now?

-Thankfully not.

Thankfully for the waistline! I couldn't sell those things. I couldn't bear to part with them!

So what do you do now, Paul?

-IT.

-IT. And Sophie H?

I work for a legal publishers.

I see. Very good. Best of luck to the pair of you on the show.

And finally, Russell and Angela, how do you two know each other?

-Brother and older sister from Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire.

-Very good. What do you do, Russell?

I work with badly behaved kids in a senior school.

-Angela, does he keep you in order as well?

-He can try!

-What do you do, Angela?

-I make greetings cards and wedding stationery from home.

Very good. OK, very best of luck to you. We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.

There is just one more person to introduce.

He's a textbook guide to obscurity, he's my Pointless friend, he's Richard.

Hiya.

You're a textbook guide. Take your pick. I guess that's two things in one.

-It doesn't sound great, does it?

-No, guidebook or a textbook. But a textbook guide?

-Not what you'd put in a lonely hearts' ad?

-Not really.

-"London area, textbook guide, seeks similar".

-No...

-Although there's a lot of truth in that.

-Yeah!

We've only got one returning pair, Sophie and Charis,

who did well last time and might do very well this time as well.

But three very strong new pairs, I think. The first question...

We get different reactions when you read out what the question is, usually groans from most people.

I think the first question's going to get a disapproving tut.

-OK...

-You wait and see.

-Oh, can't wait.

Looking forward to it. We put our questions to 100 people, but this is Pointless,

so we're after the obscure answers that they didn't get.

To stay in the game with a chance to win our jackpot, our players have to score as few points as possible.

What everyone's trying to find is a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.

Each time that happens we will put another £250 in the jackpot.

Nobody's won the jackpot for the last six shows and we will add another £1,000 to that,

so today's jackpot starts off at, would you believe it...?

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-Yes.

Let's play Pointless!

Now, 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, because if anyone gives me an incorrect answer, you'll score the maximum of 100 points.

Our first category this afternoon is...

Football! You don't know what the question is yet.

-Wait for your tut.

-Save your tuts.

-Don't tut early.

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

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

Right, let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

You can tut now!

-Richard!

-Have we forgiven them?

No, that's why I'm tutting!

We're looking for anyone named in Fabio Capello's final 23-man squad for the 2010 World Cup.

We won't accept Rio Ferdinand, because he was injured and replaced,

for which I suspect he is eternally grateful!

Thanks, Richard. OK, Charis and Sophie,

you drew lots before the show and you get to go first this afternoon.

So, Sophie, I know this is the category you wanted to come up.

-I did watch their games.

-Mm-hm?

-I don't know anyone that...

..didn't play, if you know what I mean...

er, so...

-You don't know... Eh?

-Does that make sense?

-No.

-Did you play?

-I played, yeah.

-Yeah? I didn't. I'm afraid I didn't, you see.

I played against Slovenia.

-You weren't in the starting line-up.

-I might as well have done!

-Sophie...

-I'm just going to have to say...

Joe Cole.

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

Well, it is right...

Not a bad answer at all, Sophie B.

Joe Cole.

Yeah, very good answer, Sophie. He missed the first two games.

He ignored the whole country that said, "Pick Joe Cole."

He played in the next two and made absolutely no difference whatsoever!

Steve... Why do the Sophies get a letter after their names and the Steves are just Steve?

-What number do you live at in the street?

-Number 1.

-And you're number 3?

-Number 2.

-Number 2!

OK, Steve 1 and Steve 2, that'll be simple, won't it?

What sport do you like, Steve?

Er...football!

-Yeah!

-Yeah, football's the favourite one, I suppose.

So let's have a really obscure member of the squad.

-I'll choose somebody who didn't play and we'll say Michael Carrick.

-Michael Carrick.

You're hoping to score as few points as possible with Michael Carrick. Let's see how many people said him.

It's right!

-Oh, he's good!

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Very good answer, Steve number 1.

Very well played, Steve 1. Michael Carrick, the Man Utd midfielder, didn't play a single minute,

and was later voted England's man of the tournament.

-Thank you very much. Now, Paul...

-Yeah?

-So we're looking for members of England's 2010 World Cup squad.

What are you going to go for? Did you follow the World Cup?

I watched the first game and then gave up. Not really going nowhere.

-Not a fan or such a committed fan you couldn't bear to see what we did?

-I couldn't bear to watch it.

-What's it going to be, Paul?

-I'm going to go with James Milner.

James Milner. OK, let's see how few points James Milner can score for you.

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Good answer, Paul. James Milner.

Yeah, James Milner set up the goal against Slovenia...er...

..and sort of padded about a bit after that

and then got on the plane home with the rest of them.

Thanks, Richard.

OK, Angela, we are looking for members of England's 2010 World Cup squad.

What's the most obscure member of that squad

with the exception of Joe Cole, Michael Carrick and James Milner?

-I was going to have Joe Cole...

-Yeah?

-But he was taken.

-Yeah...

So I'm going to have to hope my team-mate does an amazing job

and I'm going to have to go for someone that did play but... and very well,

-but for that one horrible mistake and I'll have Rob Green.

-Rob Green.

OK, Rob Green. You're hoping to score as few points as possible...

I wonder how many points you might just spill out of your hands with this one!

Rob Green. How many people said it, Rob Green?

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One of the better-known players.

29. Interesting, I suppose. That was early on enough in the tournament for us to think it was important.

We thought it was somehow important he'd let a goal in. It was going to make a difference to our World Cup.

I think what we thought it was was a harbinger of doom. And I think what it was was a harbinger of doom!

But I think 29's a pretty big score because of his newfound name recognition.

OK, we're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.

Rob Green, not a bad answer, Angela, but 29. You are the high scorers this round,

closely followed by Sophie B and Charis.

The other two pairs looking quite nice and low, Steve and Steve, 4, Paul and Sophie H, 9.

But, Russell and Charis, you're going to have to find nice low scores on the next pass.

We're going to come back down the line. Second players to the podium.

-So, then, Russell...

-Hello.

-You're on 29.

You are the highest scorers. Robert Green hasn't done you any favours.

Again!

Did you watch the World Cup?

Yeah, dribs and drabs of it.

-Weren't impressed, but still watched it.

-You still watched it? So, Russell, what's it going to be?

-I'll go for the third-choice keeper, Joe Hart.

-Joe Hart.

OK, that's what you are saying. Let's see if that is right.

There's no red line for you because you are the high scorer. Joe Hart.

Good answer! Scores you 7.

That gives you a total of 36.

-Richard?

-Yeah, very good answer. Would have started as third-choice goalie,

I suspect he was second-choice goalie fairly quickly. Kept a clean sheet throughout the tournament.

OK, Sophie, we are looking for members of the England 2010 World Cup squad. You're on 9.

Great answer from Paul. If you can score 26 or less with this answer, you are through to the next round.

-Well, I was absolutely dreading football questions because I don't really follow it...

-Yeah.

And I can either think of really obvious people or someone's first name and someone else's second name.

-That's generally a footballer, isn't it?

-Yeah.

Someone's first name, someone else's first name, still a footballer!

I'm going to go for...and if they're not in it, Paul, don't hate me!

Gareth Barry.

Gareth Barry.

OK. There's your red line.

If you come below that red line with Gareth Barry, you are through to the next round.

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

Well, it is correct!

A great answer, Sophie! 3!

Takes your total up to 12. Such a good opportunity! Why not Gary Barry?

They do sometimes call him Gary Barry...they do. Gary Neville, you know what his dad is called?

-Neville.

-Neville Neville, yeah. He is.

-Neville say Neville!

Gareth Barry, good answer, the lowest score yet. Gareth Barry, Man City midfielder.

A brilliant answer, Sophie, you are through to the next round, come what may. Now...

OK, so we're looking for members of England's 2010 World Cup squad.

-Steve 2...

-Yes?

You're on 4 thanks to Steve 1's brilliant Michael Carrick.

Is there anyone left who you think might score less than Gary Barry?

Everyone scored less when they were there!

-I'm going to go with Ashley Cole.

-Ashley Cole.

OK, there is your red line.

If Ashley Cole gets you below that red line, then you are through to the next round.

Ashley Cole, let's see how many people said him.

It is correct.

Oh, very good indeed.

-23, gives you a total of 27. Richard?

-Safely through.

Ashley Cole didn't play at all badly in the World Cup,

-maybe because he was the one who least wanted to go home.

-Yeah.

-Charis, you're on 21.

-Yeah.

-You're on 21. If you can score 14 or less... I know you can!

-Thanks.

-..By naming a member of the England 2010 World Cup squad...

-Yeah.

..Slightly more obscure than Joe Cole which is what Sophie B went for.

I'm going to go for...but please don't laugh if it's wrong...

-Emile Heskey, but I think...

-Emile Heskey?

-Yeah.

-You're going to say Emile Heskey.

-You're on 21.

-Yeah.

-Let's see if Emile Heskey can get you below

that red line, score you 14 or less, if it's correct, and, if it is, let's see how many people said it.

Emile Heskey.

It's right.

Oh, bad luck.

He scores you 24 points, takes your total up to 45. Richard...

-Emile Heskey?

-It's a big score for Emile Heskey, surprisingly big.

So, Richard, what were the answers that they should all have gone for?

There was actually a pointless answer which would have added £250 to the jackpot.

Paul, you went for James Milner. If you'd gone for another Villa player at the time,

-you'd have won the money, Stephen Warnock.

-Yeah.

-He was a pointless answer.

And the lowest other scores, Ledley King, the Spurs defender, and Gary Barry there with 3.

And the most obvious answers, these are the ones that most of our 100 people said...

In third, it was the captain Steven Gerrard, 37.

Then it was Frank Lampard, they were joint second, Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard.

And then Wayne Rooney was top with 80.

Thanks very much, Richard. At the end of round 1, the losing pair with the highest score...

it's Charis and Sophie. You did incredibly well, actually. You're not really that far out in front.

We didn't have film. We didn't have... What was it you wanted, Charis?

-Capital cities.

-Capital cities.

-Yeah.

-I feel we've let you down.

-Yeah, I would say so.

-Yeah.

-I don't think it was your game play, it was the ball.

-Yeah.

-That's what I'm going to say!

It's such a shame to say goodbye. This is your second chance, so this really is goodbye.

You've been brilliant. Thanks for playing.

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For the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round 2.

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

so one team will be leaving us at the end of this round.

OK, your category for round 2 is...

Fictional heroes and villains. Can you decide in your pairs who's going to go first and who's second?

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

And your round 2 question concerns...

Superheroes and their nemeses. In this round, we're about to show you a list of fictional villains.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to tell us the superhero or superhero groups

with whom they are most closely associated. Richard?

We're going to give you the names of six villains here. The more obscure ones will score you fewer points.

If you get any of them wrong, you'll score 100 points, so be very careful.

Your first six are...

Steve 1, Steve number 1, we are looking for the superhero or superhero group

that these baddies are pitted against. OK. What are you going to go for, Steve 1?

-I'm going to go for Ming the Merciless and I think it was Flash Gordon.

-Flash Gordon.

Steve 2's nodding. Let's see if Flash Gordon is right

and, if it is, let's see how many people knew that Ming the Merciless was the nemesis of Flash Gordon.

It's correct.

Something tells me that is not going to be the highest score this round.

-Ming the Merciless.

-Yeah, pretty safe answer. He was Emperor of the planet Mongo.

And then was later leader of the Liberal Democrats.

Sophie H...

so we are looking for the superheroes or groups of superheroes who fought these baddies.

-I'm just going to call you Sophie now.

-Thank you.

-The other one's gone. Sophie B, she's toast!

-Well...

-Something tells me you might be quite good at this.

-Unfortunately, you're completely wrong.

-Really? Are you sure?

I haven't heard of anyone apart from the Joker. So Paul's going to have to rescue this for us.

-But I will have to say that the Joker, it's Batman.

-OK.

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

-Well, that's like a correct answer.

-It's better than getting it wrong!

-Better than getting 100.

-It is...it is 7 better!

-Batman, the Joker.

-Yeah, the Joker. 93 is a very, very high-profile criminal.

Of course, Heath Ledger won a posthumous Oscar for playing him on film.

That scores you 93.

-Now, Russell, did you read comics?

-No, not at all.

-D'you read them now?

-No, not at all.

-Luckily, I've watched a few films.

-Ah!

-Could be all right.

-OK.

I can see my nephew screaming at the television to go with Whiplash,

but I'm going to go with Victor von Doom, the Fantastic Four.

Victor von Doom, the Fantastic Four. Let's see if that's right and how many people knew it.

It's right.

Our best answer so far. You're all right, Russell. 7 points.

Victor von Doom.

Good answer, Victor von Doom, also known as Dr Doom which is why he lost his job as a GP.

LAUGHTER Thanks.

Let's take a look at the rest of the board. Alexander, this might not be one of your areas of expertise.

Do you know any of those? Do you know Dr Octopus? He's from Spiderman. Well done if you said that.

-My older son does call octopuses "doctopuses".

-Does he?

-Yeah.

Has he seen that film Doctopussy?

That would have scored you 14 points. Captain Cold, the nemesis of the Flash, would've scored you 1 point,

and Whiplash was a pointless answer. Very well done if you got that.

He's from Iron Man 2, Mickey Rourke plays him, so he's Iron Man's nemesis, Whiplash.

Thanks very much, Richard. We're halfway through the round, so let's take a look at those scores.

Fantastic answer from Russell there, scoring just 7 points.

Paul and Sophie,

that was an expensive safety shot.

Paul, you've got a mountain to climb at the next pass.

Steve 1, Steve 2,

29, looking pretty good. OK...

We're going to come back down the line. Second players to the podium.

OK, we'll put six more villains on the board, and here they are.

Remember, we are looking for the superhero or superhero groups these baddies are famous for fighting.

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

So, then, Angela, you are on 7. If you can score 85 or less

with this answer, 85 or less, you are definitely through to the head-to-head.

What do you reckon?

I reckon I'm going to take a chance and possibly get killed by Russell

and go for one of the slightly less well-known ones.

I know that they had a bad guy called Shredder...

but...

whether they're classed as superheroes or not is to be seen.

So Shredder is the villain in the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles,

or the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, depending on whether you're American or not.

That's just so much information!

-That is brilliant. Thank you very much. Teenage Mutant Hero - slash - and/or...

-Ninja.

-..Ninja Turtles.

Yeah.

OK. What do you think, Russell?

-She's good, I think.

-Well, let's see, there's your red line.

If you come down below that, you are through to the head-to-head.

Let's see if Shredder is indeed from those Teenage Mutant etcetera Turtles.

It's right, and you're through to the next round.

-Yeah!

-Very good answer indeed. Takes you to 24.

The Shredder.

Shredder, absolutely right. And as you say two different names...

the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles.

OK, Paul. You are on 93.

You are way out in front.

-You are 63 points clear of the Steves.

-No pressure, then?

-None at all.

What's it going to be, Paul?

-I'm going to go for Poison Ivy.

-Mm-hm?

-And I believe she's played by Uma Thurman in Batman & Robin.

Poison Ivy, Batman.

OK, let's see if that's right and if it scores few enough points

to see you through to the next round. Poison Ivy, Batman.

It's right.

That scores you 25, takes your total up to 118. Poison Ivy, Richard?

Played by Uma Thurman. Poison Ivy is a scientist who is accidentally infused with plant hormones.

I hate it when that happens!

-That's why I don't garden.

-You're right.

-That's why you should always wear gloves

-when you garden.

-Absolutely. Remember that!

Steve 1, Steve 2,

you are on 29. If you can score 88 or less

with this answer, you are through to the head-to-head. I think you might be quite good at this.

-You might be wrong again.

-Really?

So we are looking for the superheroes

or groups of superheroes

who fought these baddies.

Luckily they've left one for me! Yeah, one...or two. I knew the Teenage Mutant one.

I was also very sad and watched cartoons as a child.

Er...I'm struggling with any others apart from Lex Luthor, the easy one.

-Superman.

-Lex Luthor,

Superman...you are saying?

There's your red line. If Lex Luthor can get you below that red line...

..you're through to the head-to-head. Let's see if it's correct and how many people said it.

It's right, and you're through.

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Just!

That scores you 68, takes your total up to 97. Richard?

Not a low score, but low enough. Played by Gene Hackman and Kevin Spacey in films.

Lex Luthor, very good answer.

Let's take a look at the rest of the board. Do you know Green Goblin?

-No.

-He's another of Spiderman's many nemeses, would have scored you 33 points. Galactus?

That is, of course, the Fantastic Four.

The only thing or person to survive the destruction of the universe that existed before the Big Bang,

and Black Adam was a pointless answer, so very well done if you said Captain Marvel. Very good answer.

Very good. Thanks, Richard. So at the end of round 2, the losing pair with the highest score

is Paul and Sophie. Oh, dear! We weren't kind to you at all.

Superheroes and their nemeses.

-What were we thinking of?

-Football.

-Football.

-Superheroes.

-You were all right on football.

-Yeah, but it didn't do much good

-in the end, did it?

-What would you have loved to come up?

-I think I would quite like capital cities, geography, things like that.

-Good. Paul?

I was quite happy with what came up.

-Yeah, didn't do so badly. Are you...?

-That's some rare honesty!

-Yeah, it's good.

"What came up was pretty good. I thought I did pretty well. Acquitted myself pretty honourably."

Thanks for playing, you've been great.

Thank you.

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

Well done, Russell and Angela, Steve 1 and Steve 2.

You've made it to the head-to-head. Only one pair can go to the final and play for the jackpot,

which, in case you had forgotten, currently stands at...

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You're now going to go head-to-head on the best of three questions.

You are now allowed to confer. All you have to do is come up with an answer each time

that scores less than the opposing pair and you will win that question.

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for today's jackpot. Right, let's play Pointless!

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OK, here's your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many planets with moons as they could.

-Planets with moons, Richard.

-We're looking for any planet in the solar system that is orbited

by one or more moons. Just to warn you, we won't accept Pluto because that's no longer a planet.

All right, Russell and Angela, you have played the best throughout the show so far, so you get to go first.

We are looking for planets with moons. Simple as that.

-Do you know many?

-Er...

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-OK?

-We're going with Jupiter.

Steves?

We believe Earth has one but we're not sure of the others.

THEY CONFER

-A bit of Hobson's choice here! We're going to go for Saturn.

-Saturn?

-Saturn.

OK, let's see if Russell and Angela are right with Jupiter and, if they are, how many people said Jupiter.

It is correct.

69.

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And Steve 1 and Steve 2 have gone for Saturn.

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

It's right.

75.

So, after the first question, it is 1-0 to Russell and Angela.

-Richard?

-Let's take a look at all the planets that have moons.

Earth and Saturn scoring the same amount there, 75, so 25 people when asked for planets with moons...

didn't say Earth.

-Curious. Hmm.

-Perhaps they asked during the daytime. People forget.

It would take you 130 days to drive to the moon, depending on what sort of car you had and how fast you went.

-Roughly 130 days?

-Yeah.

-How late am I allowed to drive?

You'd have to do that non-stop, so you'd have to have a co-driver so you could sleep. No service stations.

-There's one...

-Presumably there's no speed limit. That's just...

-No, there's a speed limit.

-Is there?

70.

Right.

I probably won't do it, then.

OK, second question.

Steve and Steve, you have to win this point to get through to the final. OK...

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

..songs from Mary Poppins.

We're simply looking for any of the songs from the film/musical Mary Poppins.

We won't accept reprises, instrumentals, overtures, that sort of thing,

-just the songs from the film/musical Mary Poppins.

-Steve 1 and Steve 2, you get to go first this time.

Well, luckily, my daughter of five has non-stop sung this for the last seven days.

-Just the last seven days?

-We've been on holiday.

-Did she sing all of them?

-No, just this one that I can remember.

-OK.

Let's Go Fly A Kite.

Let's Go Fly A Kite. OK...

Russell and Angela, what will you go for? You can talk out loud now.

There's Feed The Birds. We could say that one.

-My favourite one is when they're stuck to the ceiling.

-But it's not your favourite, is it?

-Yeah, but that's my favourite scene, innit, when they're all stuck to the ceiling.

-OK, go with that, then.

So...I'm pretty sure the song is called I Love To Laugh... ha-ha-ha-ha!

I Love To Laugh.

-Yeah.

-OK, this will decide if you stay in the game, Steve and Steve.

Let's Go Fly A Kite, let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said it.

It's right.

Down it goes! Oh, down to 10!

That's a very nice low score. Russell and Angela have gone for I Love To Laugh.

OK, so we're looking for songs from Mary Poppins.

-You sure that's the name of the song?

-No.

-I can sing it, but that really won't help anyone! No, seriously...

-Come on. Let's...

-Don't!

-No.

-How does it go? I Love To Laugh...

# ..Ha-ha-ha-ha, long and loud and clear

# I love to laugh, ha-ha-ha-ha, so everybody can hear. #

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She's damn good, nothing wrong with that at all.

If it's right, I think it might be a low scorer. That's my hunch. But it has to be right.

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

This will decide if you go through to the final. It's right!

Look at that! 3!

Turns out that was a brilliant answer, Russell and Angela.

That means you have won 2 points in just 2 questions. You are through to the final, playing for the jackpot.

Richard, I Love To Laugh.

-I know you do. You're in the wrong place, aren't you?

-Yeah!

Very well played, Russell and Angela.

Let's take a look at all the songs from Mary Poppins. There are two pointless answers.

Very well done if you said Fidelity Fiduciary Bank or Sister Suffragette, they were pointless.

There's I Love To Laugh, very good answer with 3.

Feed The Birds which you were going to say would have lost you the points, 26 points.

Chim Chim Cher-ee which won the Oscar for best song, 38.

And A Spoonful Of Sugar at the top with 47.

OK, thanks, Richard. So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Steve and Steve.

-I always like to ask what people take away from their experience on Pointless.

-I need a new partner!

Too late for that, Steve! Very well done to the pair of you. You got to the head-to-head, no mean feat!

We will see you again next time and hopefully you'll get to the final. Thanks very much for playing.

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But, for Russell and Angela, it's now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win £8,500.

Congratulations, Russell and Angela, you've seen off all the competition

and you have won our coveted and beautiful Pointless trophy.

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You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at...

Now, the rules are very simple. All you have to do to win that money is find a pointless answer,

an answer that none of our 100 people could think of. We haven't had any today.

You just have to find one now to go home with that money. First, you have to choose a category.

You can go for any one of these three options.

What do you think?

-It's going to have to be TV...

-TV treasures, without a shadow of a doubt.

-We know nothing about the other two.

-Fair enough. TV treasures it is.

Let's find out what that question is going to be. What would you like it to be?

-What do you think, Angela?

-I will have...mid-'90s sitcoms.

-Mid-'90s sitcoms?

-Yeah.

-Specific!

-OK.

Let's see what it is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

-Richard?

-Any television programme for which Dawn French has received an acting credit up to April 2010.

Not looking for anything where she played herself or anything uncredited but voice performances do count.

So any TV show for which Dawn French has received an acting credit.

OK, you have up to one minute to come up with three answers. All you need to win the £8,500

is for just one of the answers to be pointless. Your time starts now.

-Any ideas?

-She might have been in Robbie The Reindeer.

-Robbie The Reindeer.

-That Christmas thing.

-She might have been in Chef because she was probably with Lenny Henry at the time.

-Yeah.

And she was in something like, not Lark Rise To Candleford, but some old thing like that.

She was in that murder thing...

-Er...

-Murder Most Horrid?

-Yeah.

-That was quite a while ago.

-Go with that?

-Vicar Of Dibley, obviously. And...

I think that's it. Robbie The Reindeer, Chef and Murder Most Horrid?

-You're not happy with Robbie The Reindeer?

-Yeah...well...three guesses.

-All right.

-Three guesses.

-Let's stop the clock. 20 seconds left on it. With time to spare,

you've come up with three answers. What are they?

-We've got a definite one we know she was in, Murder Most Horrid.

-Murder Most Horrid.

-And then...

-we've gone with Robbie The Reindeer.

-Robbie The Reindeer.

And then, hopefully, she might have had a bit part in Chef at some point.

In Chef. OK, of those three, which do you reckon is probably your best shot at a correct pointless answer?

-Probably Murder Most Horrid. The other two I imagine would be wrong.

-Yeah!

OK. Murder Most Horrid, we'll put that last.

Which do you reckon is your least likely to be a pointless answer?

-Chef, because I doubt she was in it.

-OK. Let's put them on the board in that order.

OK. Now you see them up there, they look kind of good, don't they? They look like really good answers.

We're looking for Dawn French TV shows.

This was your least confident shot at a pointless answer.

-Complete stab in the dark, but it stands to reason.

-Yeah.

-They often appeared in each other's shows.

-Who knows?

-Ade Edmondson, to whom I would say you bore a passing resemblance, Russell...

-If I did have a skin, I would look like him in Bottom, yes.

-I think you possibly would.

-He often appeared in Jennifer's shows, didn't he?

-Yeah.

So why on earth wouldn't Dawn appear reciprocally in one of Lenny's?

Let's see if that's right. You only need one pointless answer.

That's all you have to find to win £8,500. Your first shot at that is by saying Chef.

No!

-That was exactly the right kind of punt, though, wasn't it?

-Yeah.

-If that had been correct, that would have been pointless, I think.

-If!

-Safe to say. I think you'd agree.

I'm right...probably.

OK. So, Angela, who's taking the blame for that answer?

Russell puts his arm up before she's even said anything!

He's lovely and he'll take the blame for all of it even when it is my fault, whether he likes it or not.

-OK. Whose idea was it to come on the show?

-Mine.

Who else could have been your partner? Anyone other than Russell, would you ever have thought...?

Would you ever have considered anyone else?

-No, not really.

-Very well done. Well said. See, Russell? Fine.

And who will carry the can if you don't win the jackpot?

-Russell!

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-You've only two more chances to win today's jackpot.

We are looking for Dawn French TV shows. Let's hope nobody said your next answer.

This has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot. You've gone for Robbie The Reindeer.

Let's see how many people said Robbie The Reindeer for £8,500.

Oh!

OK, you've each picked an incorrect answer. There you are, it's 1-1.

Everything is now riding on your last answer. Robbie The Reindeer is not a pointless answer.

OK...we were looking for Dawn French TV shows.

You said this was the answer you were most confident in being pointless.

Murder Most Horrid. This has to go all the way down to zero for you to win that jackpot of £8,500.

You know it's correct. Let's see how many people said it. Murder Most Horrid.

So it's right.

There we are in the 70s.

In the 60s. In the 50s.

Down it goes. It has to go all the way down to zero to win the £8,500 jackpot. Still going down...

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

so I'm afraid you don't leave with today's jackpot. However...

you have been fantastic and you do go with our wonderful Pointless trophy.

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So, Richard, what answers should they have gone for?

I think it was unlucky. Chef was a very good guess because of Lenny, obviously.

Robbie The Reindeer, Jane Horrocks was the main voice in that, she didn't appear in it.

Let's look at the pointless answers.

Right at the top of the list is one of the sketch shows, A Bucket Of French & Saunders.

Let Them Eat Cake which was the French Revolutionary sitcom with Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders,

the very definition of a mid-'90s sitcom, Let Them Eat Cake, but only ran for one series.

She was in an episode of Agatha Christie's Marple.

She was Vicky Pollard's mum in Little Britain Abroad.

Pongwiffy, she played a witch in that animated show.

She was in David Copperfield, all of these are pointless.

She was in a sketch in Harry Enfield And Chums...

All of those would have won you the money. Well done if you got any of those at home.

OK, thanks very much, Richard. So, unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you.

Russell and Angela, you've been fantastic contestants. Thanks. You do take away our Pointless trophy.

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Once again nobody has won our jackpot,

so that will roll over to the next show when we'll be playing for...

-Join us and see if somebody can win it. Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And from me, goodbye.

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