Episode 47 Pointless

Thank you. Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless,

where points are to be avoided if the prize is to be won. Let's meet today's players.

First, we welcome back Allan and Ian. You were on last time.

We give everyone two shots. What are you hoping comes up today?

-Sport.

-Sport.

-Formula 1.

-Richard?

-There's not a huge amount of Formula 1, I'll be honest.

There might be some buns in it for you or maybe a loaf or two.

-I don't know.

-Because Ian is a baker, of course.

I haven't yet spilt those beans, but Ian is not just a baker, he's a master baker.

-I will make Round 2 Formula 1 champions for a box of doughnuts.

-You're in!

-That's a deal.

-OK.

-Although I can't actually do that, apparently.

-Very best of luck to you on the show this afternoon.

Next we welcome Lauren and Jamie. How do you know each other?

-Jamie's my brother-in-law and we also work together.

-Is that bad enough? No! You work together as well.

-Where do you work?

-We've taken the mantle on to run Lauren's dad's business.

It's a scientific company. We're involved in an industry standard for particle size. Less said the better.

OK. Very best of luck to you on the show this afternoon.

Next we welcome Karen J and Janice. Karen J because there is another Karen, as you are yet to find out.

-How do you know each other?

-Karen is my older daughter,

so I've known her all her life.

-Ahh. Karen, what do you do?

-I'm a mum. I've got three children so I stay at home.

-Three, yeah.

-That's a handful. Janice, what do you do?

-I'm an English teacher.

-Oh, a teacher! Richard...

-The curse of the teacher. It has not gone well for teachers, I'm afraid.

Oh, dear. However, I am confident that this afternoon you are going to change all of that.

-Very best of luck. And, finally, we welcome back Karen T - you've got letters after your name!

-Yes.

-Karen T and Anthony. What happened last time?

-Anthony didn't know his marsupials.

No.

-Karen, you got a Pointless answer!

-I did. Not that I knew my marsupials either.

-No, and actually, Anthony,

did a very brave thing. He went out on a limb, which you have to do if you want to win.

Sadly, you went out on a limb on a completely wrong answer.

We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show. And now the man for whom no fact is too obscure.

He's my Pointless friend, Richard.

Hiya.

-Good afternoon.

-Good afternoon to you.

-How are you?

-Very well, thanks.

-Are you well?

-Very, thank you.

-What sort of show have we got?

We've got two good returning pairs. For Allan and Ian, Round 1 is about Formula 1 drivers

and Round 2 is about baking.

-So it should be a lot of fun.

-A lot of fun. That's what Richard thinks.

We put all our questions to 100 people, but we are after the obscure answers that they didn't get.

To stay in the game, all our players have to do is score as few points as they possibly can.

Everyone wants a Pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.

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

Amelia and Joe won the jackpot last time so today's starts at £1,000. There it is.

OK, let's play Pointless.

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

and you cannot confer. Whichever team has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.

If anyone gives me an incorrect answer, they score a maximum 100 points.

Right, our first category is...

Words.

OK, Janice? So far, so good. Words.

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many words ending in "..rth" as they could.

"..rth" - Richard?

Any word with its own entry in the Oxford English Dictionary. Anything with a hyphen is not allowed.

-Very best of luck getting them at home.

-Right, Allan and Ian, you drew lots and you go first.

-Is that a good thing?

-It's a bad thing!

Oh, dear. "..rth".

-I think I'll go for wordsworth.

-Wordsworth?

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

and, if it is, how many people said wordsworth?

Ohh!

Bad luck, Allan. Wordsworth is an incorrect answer and scores a maximum 100 points.

-Richard?

-Tough luck, Allan. Wordsmith is a word. Not wordsworth.

And that means your word's worth 100 points.

LAUGHTER

-Jamie...

-Yes.

-Words ending "..rth".

-I'm struggling.

Every one I can think of seems fairly obvious. I'm going to go for berth.

B-E-R-T-H.

Ha ha ha ha!

Very good. B-E-R-T-H.

Let's see if that's correct and how many people said berth. B-E-R-T-H.

It is correct.

14, Jamie. That's a good answer.

-Berth, Richard.

-Well done. It's got all sorts of meanings.

A sea room, the space between ships, all sort of different things.

Well done. Good answer, Jamie. Janice, you've had a little time to summon your thoughts.

A great many English students across the country are now sitting up paying attention.

We are looking for words ending "..rth".

Em, I'm going to play safe now and say unearth.

-Unearth.

-Yeah.

-OK.

You're hoping for as few points as possible. Let's see if it's correct and how many people said unearth.

Oh, very good, Janice.

That scores you 6. Richard?

Very good. Panic over. Now just Round 2 to worry about.

Unearth - to dig from the earth or discover. To unearth.

Very good. Now Karen T. We are looking for words that end in "..rth".

When I play Scrabble, I always use short words,

so I'm going for a short word which I thought of before Allan said wordsworth. It's just worth.

You want as few points as possible. Let's see if it's right and how many people said worth.

64, Karen T. 64 that scores you.

-Worth 64.

-It IS worth 64. I'm not going to go through what worth means. Can we assume we know?

No, that's worthy.

OK, let's look at the scores as they stand.

Well, it's been a punishing round in a couple of instances. Allan and Ian.

Bad luck, Allan. That was a costly error, wordsworth.

Karen T, worth - not a bad answer, but as you see, it has cost you.

Janice, though - unearth. Fantastic. A lovely low score. Lauren and Jamie, 14, not bad.

So it's Anthony and Ian who have to tussle it out in this next pass to see who will be leaving us.

OK, we'll come back down the line. Could the second players please take their places at the podium?

OK, we're looking for words ending in "..rth".

Anthony, you are on 64.

If you can score 35 or less with this answer, you are definitely through to the next round.

35 or less.

-Come on.

-Well, I'm going to go with the first word that came into my mind

-when words ending with "..rth" came up and that was girth.

-Girth, you're saying.

-Your red line is about to come in. If your girth is below that...

-LAUGHTER

..you are through to the next round. OK, let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said it.

-APPLAUSE

-OK, Anthony, that scores you 52.

It gives you a total of 116. The round's not over.

-Richard?

-That's an impressive girth you've got there, Anthony.

-Girth is a measurement around the circumference.

-Right now, Karen J.

Let me tell you the good news. You cannot lose.

You cannot lose. Thanks, in part, to your mother's brilliant answer in the first pass

and also to the aggregate score of worth and girth.

So why not have a little bit of fun? Go out on a limb.

Find a word that is Pointless, add £250 to our jackpot.

I couldn't think of a really obscure one, so I'll go for fourth as in fourth place.

Fourth as in fourth place.

-So how are you spelling that?

-F-O-U-R-T-H.

-F-O-U-R-T-H. OK.

How many people said fourth? No red line for you. You're through whatever happens.

28. Not a terrible score at all. Takes your total up to 34.

-What are you going to say, Richard?

-You were first, but fourth has made you second.

-It's the ordinal number of the cardinal number four.

-Exactly.

Lauren, you're on 14. It doesn't matter what you say - you're through.

-Let's have a pointless answer.

-Em, I'll go out on a limb and hope it's not hyphenated

-and go with afterbirth.

-Afterbirth.

There was a sort of murmur from the boundary there.

A sort of "Eeew".

"Clever, but...eeew."

Right, afterbirth. There it is. Let's see if it is correct

and let's see how many people said it. Afterbirth.

It's right. Well done, Lauren. I think this could be a low scorer.

Six!

Very well done. That scores you 6 and takes your total up to 20.

-Richard?

-Very well played. Not hyphenated. Probably also the name of a Midlands punk band.

-I bet it is.

-Yeah.

Ian, now the moment of truth. If you can score 15 or less with this answer...

I know you've been using this time to come up... You present the face of placidity,

but I know that inside there the cogs are whirring or they have been.

-I'm looking forward to this.

-I've decided to take a bit of a chance.

-Very good.

-The word I've chosen could well have an E on the end, but unless I take a chance...

-That's the spirit.

-The word I've chosen is hearth.

-You'll have to spell that for us.

-H-E-A-R-T-H.

Hearth. Very good. OK.

If hearth gets you below that red line, you're in the next round.

So Anthony and Karen T, Ian and Allan, the moment of truth.

One of you will be leaving us at the end of this round. How many people said hearth? Is it correct?

Well done, Ian.

Down it goes. Oh!

Bad luck!

Hearth scores 35 and takes your total up to 135.

-Richard?

-Sorry, Ian. That is how it is spelt, but a big score.

A piece of a fireplace or the place where a fire is made.

There were huge numbers of Pointless answers. We'll take you through a few.

All sorts of ones like ha'pennyworth and threepennyworth and all that.

Those were all Pointless answers. Let's see a few others.

Barth, which is where southerners have a bath.

-LAUGHTER

-It's for cattle and sheep.

Dearworth, which just means dearly beloved. Groatsworth, which is what you get for a groat.

-Not much these days!

-Not a lot.

Haleskarth, which means free from injury.

Jobsworth was a Pointless answer. Well done if you got that.

Loupegarth, a military punishment with men with sticks hitting you.

So you're very much not haleskarth after a loupegarth, let me tell you.

Manwyrth, which is a period of time in someone's working life.

-So I'm enjoying my current manwyrth with you.

-Are you?!

-That sounds awful!

-Doesn't it?

-You and I enjoying a manwyrth.

Overmirth,

which is to gloat, to gloat over somebody. Overmirth.

And stalworth means stoutly built or courageous.

Stalworth. We'll do the worst now. These are the ones that most of our 100 people said.

These would score big points. In third it was birth with an I. Smart move to replace it with E.

That scored 59. Earth there with 62.

And right at the top, worth. A very familiar 64. It was the most popular of all. I'm so sorry.

OK, thanks, Richard. The losing pair with the highest score is Allan and Ian.

-Oh! We had you in the head-to-head last time and you lost by one point.

-That's the name of the game.

-We've had a wonderful time. Great fun.

-You've been lovely contestants. Thank you so much for playing.

APPLAUSE

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

There's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head so one team will leave at the end of this round.

OK, the category for Round 2 is...

Literary Films.

Can you all decide who will go first and who will go second?

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

And the question for Round 2 concerns...

Oh, Janice! I'm looking forward to this.

Film adaptations and their original authors. We'll show a list of films.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to tell us who wrote the books on which they are based.

-Richard.

-Yeah, we'll give you six films in each pass.

The more obscure the film, the fewer points you'll score.

An incorrect answer scores 100 points. Try for all six at home.

Thanks, Richard. The first six are...

OK, Jamie, we are looking for the authors of the books of which these films are adaptations.

-Are you familiar with these being books before they were films?

-Yes,

-but I haven't got an idea of many of the authors, sadly.

-OK.

I will go for...

To Kill A Mockingbird.

And I think it's Harper Lee.

Harper Lee. Lauren's giving nothing away. Is she pleased or not?

Harper Lee is what you're saying. Is it right and how many people knew?

Well done, Jamie.

Very good answer, Jamie.

Harper Lee scoring you 10 points. Richard?

Wonderful answer, wonderful book.

The book won a Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and the film was 1962.

OK, thanks very much. Now, Karen J.

We are looking for the authors of the books on which these films are based.

I think I'll go for The Firm. And I'm sure it's John Grisham.

There it is, second one down. Is that right and how many people knew?

It's right.

14.

14 that scores you.

-Surprisingly low score.

-Isn't it?

-It's one of those books you saw people reading everywhere.

-But he's written so many since.

All with The something titles. And it was 1991. The film was 1993.

OK, thanks, Richard. Now then, Karen T.

-Have you read any of these?

-Er...no.

-Have you seen any of the films?

-Yes, I've seen Lord of the Rings, of course.

-Yeah.

I didn't see the new version of Alice In Wonderland.

I don't think I've ever seen the other two, though. So Alice In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll.

OK, Lewis Carroll you are saying. Is that right and how many people knew Lewis Carroll wrote it?

29.

29 that scores you, Karen.

-Lewis Carroll, Richard.

-The book was written in 1865 and had to wait for cinema to be invented.

There was a Disney animated version in 1951, then the 2010 version.

-Let's take a look at the rest. I'll test your knowledge. You're always very good.

-Er...yes.

-Janice is an English teacher, of course. You are an English graduate, so you should do rather well.

-Yes(!)

-Lord of the Rings?

-JRR Tolkien.

Would have scored a hefty 45 points.

-Trainspotting?

-Irvine Welsh.

-Exactly right.

That would have scored you 9 points.

-And A Clockwork Orange is by...?

-Burgess. Anthony Burgess.

-Right.

Just 3 points. Well done if you said it.

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

Well, they're pretty low scores. 29, normally, Karen T, is a pretty good score.

However, you are way out in front, so Anthony, you have a job to do.

Karen J and Janice on 14, Lauren and Jamie on 10.

Lovely low scores, but anything can happen. Janice, we're looking for a little chalky magic from you.

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

We'll put 6 more films on the board and here they are.

Remember, we are looking for the authors of the books of which these are film adaptations.

Anthony, have you seen any of these films?

I have seen... three of them, I think.

-Or four of them.

-OK, you're on 29. You are the high scorers.

You have to score as low as you possibly can or it'll be goodbye.

That's the problem. I feel like I should take a risk.

So I'm going to have to take a risk with About A Boy

cos I think...

it's sitting on the bookshelf at home that we have, but I can't tell you for definite.

It's going to be a very big risk now.

-OK.

-I will say... My mum will say it's wrong.

-She's preparing herself for it.

So...

I'm going to go with...

Ian Rankin?

It's wrong.

Well, you've done exactly the right thing, Anthony. Exactly the right thing.

You've taken a risk. You are saying that About A Boy is written by Ian Rankin.

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

Bad luck.

I'm afraid that answer is rankin' up with your...

-LAUGHTER

-..exit from last time.

Unfortunately, it's a wrong answer, so you score the maximum 100 points,

-which takes your total up to 129. Richard?

-Tough luck, Anthony,

but you did have to take a risk.

I won't say who it is by in case Janice or Lauren want a go.

OK, as I say, that takes your score up to 129, which I'm afraid is an unbeatably high score.

You will, I'm sorry to say, be leaving.

Right, Janice, you are on 14 after Karen's answer of The Firm.

What are you going to say?

Looking at them, there's one I'd like to go for and I only know the second name.

I've got to go with one where I know the whole name, so it'll be a popular one.

-I'll go for The Da Vinci Code and Dan Brown.

-OK.

A little-known book...

You're hoping to score as few points as possible. It doesn't really matter. You're still through.

Is it right and how many people said it?

Wow.

That's right and it scores you 37, taking your total up to 51.

-That's a very low score.

-Surprising. The publishing sensation of the century, The Da Vinci Code.

-It was released in 2003.

-A phenomenon?

-A fairly unknown writer suddenly had

the world's best-selling book and continued to release best-sellers.

Very good. Now, Lauren. You're on 10. It doesn't matter what you say. You can score 100

and you'll still go through. We're looking for the authors of the books adapted into these films.

I've seen all the films, and I've even read some of the books, but my mind's gone completely blank.

-I'll have to go with a safe answer and go with JK Rowling.

-You have to select a film first!

-Oh, sorry! Harry Potter.

-I thought it might be. Harry Potter.

Let's see how many people said that.

49 that scored you. That takes your total up to 59.

The second book in the Harry Potter series and the second film, directed by Chris Columbus.

Let's clear up About A Boy first. Try to visualise that bookshelf. Any other names...?

I can see the colour of the book, but not who wrote it.

-It is Nick Hornby.

-Yeah.

-He's the writer. It would have scored 4 and seen you safely through.

-Bridget Jones's Diary?

-Helen Fielding.

That would have scored a surprisingly low 10 points.

-Atonement?

-McEwan, Ian McEwan.

-Another very low score - 5.

And The Beach, which was the lowest score of all.

-Alex Garland.

-Exactly right. It would have scored you 2 points.

Very good. Thanks, Richard. So the losing pair with the highest score is Karen and Anthony.

Normally, actually, people surprise themselves with how much they know.

-LAUGHTER

-Not me! I've surprised myself with how little I know!

-Will you take the blame?

-I've got to!

-Your mother looks forgiving.

I don't think About A Boy is on the bookcase!

Nick Hornby is, but not About A Boy.

Oh, well. Anthony, you can read it.

-If it's there.

-It's a very good book. I'm very sorry. Once again we have to say goodbye to you.

We haven't seen you at your best, but you have been fantastic contestants. Thank you for playing.

APPLAUSE

For the remaining two pairs, we enter the head-to-head.

Well done, Lauren and Jamie, Karen and Janice. You made it to the head-to-head.

Only one pair can make it through to the final and play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £1,000.

You will now go head-to-head on the best of three questions.

You can now confer. All you have to do with each answer is score less than the other pair to win.

The first pair to win two questions will be through to the final. Let's play Pointless.

Right. Here's your first person. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many...

British and Irish bodies of water. Richard?

Any body of water - a sea, an ocean or a channel - on which mainland Britain or Ireland has a coastline.

There are eight potential answers.

OK, thanks, Richard. Lauren and Jamie, because you have played best so far, you get to go first.

British and Irish bodies of water.

-OK.

-OK?

-We will go for...the Atlantic Ocean.

-The Atlantic Ocean.

OK, we have the Atlantic Ocean from Lauren and Jamie.

Karen and Janice...

Em...

I'm just going round the coast, seeing where I'd like to stop!

I think we'll go the other way and we'll go to the North Sea.

OK, we have the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea.

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

It's correct.

55.

And Karen and Janice, you have gone for the North Sea.

Let's see if that's right and how many people went with it.

63.

So after our first question Lauren and Jamie are ahead.

Very close. There is actually a Pointless answer. Let's look.

If you'd said St George's Channel, very well done. That links the Irish Sea to the Atlantic.

And the North Channel does that for the northern part of the Irish Sea. That would have scored 1.

Celtic Sea scores 2, Bristol Channel scores 9.

Some of the big boys here. Atlantic Ocean, 55. English Channel, 60.

North Sea, 63. And Irish Sea comes top with 65.

OK, thanks very much, Richard. So, Lauren and Jamie, how are you brother and sister-in-law?

-I'm married to Lauren's sister.

-Right. And whose idea was this?

It was 100% Jamie's idea! And I was roped in.

-She's having a fantastic time.

-I'm pleased I was roped in.

Doing very well. But roped in.

Almost literally.

-Leave me with that image.

-LAUGHTER

Karen and Janice, whose idea was it to come on?

-My younger daughter's.

-Who's not here?

-Yes, exactly.

-So, Karen, you were taken from the bosom of your family.

-I was.

-Dragged here, kicking and screaming.

-Yeah.

-Oh, dear. And the person whose idea it was isn't even here!

-No.

-What happened? She chickened out?

-Have either of you watched this programme before?

-Oh, yes!

So it's not a complete... I see. Now here is your second question.

Karen and Janice, you have to win this point to stay in the game.

Equally, Lauren and Jamie, if you win this point, you are through to the next round.

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

-Regular Cheers characters.

-Any character who has appeared in more than 100 episodes

of Cheers. There are eight.

We don't need surnames. First names will suffice.

OK, Karen and Janice, you go first.

-Right, OK. We can picture them all, but...

-OK.

Only one, apart from the main characters, comes to mind at the moment. Norm.

Norm. Lauren and Jamie?

We think we can remember most of them. It's getting the right one.

I think Carla's a good one. Or Diane.

You go.

-Er...OK, we'll try Diane.

-OK, Diane.

We have Norm, we have Diane. Lauren and Jamie, win this and you are through in straight sets.

Karen and Janice, you have to win this to stay in the game.

We have Norm from Karen and Janice. Is that right and how many people said Norm?

It's right.

19.

APPLAUSE

That's a good low score for Norm. And Lauren and Jamie, you are saying Diane.

Is that right and how many people said it?

Oh, look at that! 13.

That's a brilliant answer. Very good. And Diane sees you through to the final.

-Lauren and Jamie are through, 2-0. Richard?

-Very well done.

Two answers could have beaten that.

Rebecca at the bottom, played by Kirstie Alley.

Cliff Clavin, played by John Ratzenberger, who is in every single Pixar movie.

Diane with 13, Carla with 16.

Woody played by Woody Harrelson was 17, Norm scored you 19,

Sam Malone played by Ted Danson, 22, and right at the top - Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane,

who went on to be in Frasier. He would have scored 28 points.

Thanks, Richard. The losing pair, I'm afraid, is Karen and Janice.

Dear, oh, dear. Not your subjects,

although you acquitted yourselves pretty well. Would the other daughter have done better?

LAUGHTER

-I have to ask.

-Wendy will be sitting there going, "I knew that."

Wendy, all very well knowing it. You've got to turn up. You've been fantastic contestants.

Thank you for playing. We'll see you next time.

But for Lauren and Jamie it's the Pointless final and the chance to win £1,000.

Well, congratulations. You fought off all the competition and have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

-Many congratulations.

-That's what we came for.

You now have the chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

The jackpot stands at £1,000.

The rules are very simple. To win that money, all you have to do is find a Pointless answer.

We haven't had any today. You just have to find one now.

Firstly, you've got to choose a category from these three options.

Motor Sports, Classic Musicals, TV Panel Shows. What do you think?

-Lauren should have brought her husband. He's a motor sport fanatic.

-Right.

I think... one of the bottom two, obviously.

What do you think? TV Panel Shows?

What are your interests, Lauren?

Em...

-I like going on holiday if I can!

-That's a good hobby.

With two small children, you don't get the chance very often.

I would like to say that I like watching classic musicals,

-but...

-That rules me out.

-Yeah, and it's only a select handful.

-If it's one I don't watch...

-I think we'll go for panel shows.

-TV Panel Shows.

-OK. Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Buzzcocks hosts and team captains as they could.

-Richard?

-We're looking for anyone who's been a host or team captain on Never Mind The Buzzcocks

up to June, 2010. We're not looking for regular panellists and guests.

It's team captains and hosts.

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

All you need to win that £1,000 id for one to be Pointless.

Your 60 seconds start now.

-Obviously there's Mark Lamarr and Simon Amstell.

-Jupitus.

-Bill Bailey.

-Yeah.

-They went through a phase of having guest hosts, so...

-Angus Deayton.

Mm, I don't know.

Worth a try.

He did more since.

-There's quite a few comedians.

-Noel Fielding.

-Noel Fielding.

-Jack Whitehall presented it once. Worth a go.

-Never heard of him.

30 seconds.

So Jack Whitehall.

Do we have another one?

-Will everyone know Noel Fielding?

-Probably.

-Mark Lamarr, people are probably going to remember, but he was back...

-He was the first one.

He might be worth a try.

You think?

OK, that is your minute up.

We were looking for Buzzcocks hosts and team captains. I now need your three answers.

We're going to go for Jack Whitehall.

Jack Whitehall.

-Go for it.

-Mark Lamarr.

-Mark Lamarr.

And, em...

-We'll try Angus Deayton.

-Angus Deayton, OK.

Which of these do you reckon is your most confident shot?

-I'm hoping Jack Whitehall.

-Jack Whitehall. We'll put him up last.

-What about your least confident?

-We'll...

-I think Mark Lamarr.

OK, we have Mark Lamarr, Angus Deayton

and Jack Whitehall.

We were looking for Buzzcocks hosts and team captains. This was your least confident answer.

You only need one Pointless answer

so let's see how many people said Mark Lamarr. Mark Lamarr.

Well, we knew it was right.

Let's see how far down it goes.

Down to the 40s.

30s. 20s. It has to go all the way down to zero to be Pointless - 10!

Wow.

I tell you what,

I don't know how many series Mark Lamarr hosted, but it was a lot

and only 10 people thought of him. It's looking good for your subsequent answers if they're right.

-What would your partners make of this?

-Us being here?

-How you're performing in this round.

-I think they'd be very proud!

-I'm sure.

-Your husband is a motor sport fanatic?

-Yes, yes. I ignore it as much as I can.

-How did you meet your husband?

-I was one of the first girls allowed into the Boy Scouts

-and that's where I met him. We were 14.

-He presumably lost his job as scoutmaster.

LAUGHTER

-Jamie, what about your wife? Is she here?

-No.

-She'll be at home, watching.

-Yes.

-Yelling at the screen.

-Yes.

-With the baby.

-"What have you done?"

OK, right. Your second answer is Angus Deayton. It's a stab in the dark?

I think so.

OK. We are looking for Buzzcocks hosts and team captains. Let's hope nobody said Angus Deayton.

This has to be Pointless for you to win that jackpot.

It was worth a try.

You have found the one panel show he has not presented. I don't know how I dare say that!

That's neck, isn't it? Sorry, Angus. ..It's not a Pointless answer.

You only have one final shot.

But I think this is brilliant. You're certain this is right?

-Yes. I think so.

-So therefore you are.

Only 10 people thought of Mark Lamarr, who must have presented at least 50 of those shows,

if not many more. Jack Whitehall. Your third and final answer.

This has to be Pointless to win that £1,000 jackpot.

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

It's right.

So far, so very, very good.

Only 10 people remembered Mark Lamarr. Will anyone remember this?

Down it goes into the 20s. It has to go to zero.

And it does!

-Very well done indeed. Very good.

-I can't believe it.

-Fabulous.

-Very well done.

-I've never heard of him!

Congratulations. You managed to find that crucial Pointless answer

and you go home with £1,000.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-So, Jamie, you've never heard of him?

-No, I haven't.

-Who is he?

-Lauren, tell him.

I think I'm getting the whole £1,000. He's an excellent comedian.

-And very handsome, too.

-Richard, anything you'd like to add?

That's the very definition of Pointless knowledge. Some big names were Pointless.

Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall, Frank Skinner, Johnny Vegas. You took us a step further.

Jack Whitehall presented one episode in October, 2009. And he is an excellent comedian.

Very good indeed. Thanks to our winning contestants, Lauren and Jamie, who go away

with today's jackpot of £1,000.

APPLAUSE

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

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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