Episode 48 Pointless

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Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless

where the lower the points, the higher the chance of winning.

Let's meet today's players.

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First, we welcome Linda and Nigel. How do you two know each other?

We met round the pool table about 24 years ago and we're still playing.

That's a hell of a frame, isn't it? Blimey! You want to pot some balls!

I've been trying for 24 years and I'm still not very good.

-Who's the better player?

-Nigel.

-Is she being nice or is that actually true?

-It's true.

-Definitely true.

-Where are you from?

-Weston-super-Mare.

Very best of luck to you. Great to have you here. Next, we welcome Chris and Ryan.

-How do you know each other?

-We're father and son from Cardiff. Ryan's my youngest son.

-How many other sons have you got?

-Only one, ten years older.

-Why did you pick Ryan?

-My elder son forced him to come on here cos he wouldn't come, so Ryan volunteered.

-Stupidly.

Yeah, good luck, Ryan. Very best of luck to you.

Next we welcome Guy and Simon. How do you two know each other?

We met about 15 years ago. A friend introduced us.

Simon draws comics and I was writing at the time and still do.

-You write comics?

-We work together, yeah.

-Books for kids, comic strips.

-Simon, you're the illustrator?

-Yeah, I do all the hard work.

Guy, you do all the hard work, really hard work.

-I write for 20 minutes, then it's two weeks' work for Simon.

-That's how it goes.

-That's how it works out.

Very best of luck to you. Finally, we welcome back Karen and Janice. You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two shots at the Pointless final. Remind us how you did.

We got through to the head-to-head, but we got beaten.

-You got beat. What happened?

-We lost 2-0, didn't we? We just couldn't come up with those good answers.

-I can't remember what did for you.

-Cheers.

-It was characters from Cheers.

That's right. Hopefully, we've got them out the way now. They won't be coming back.

Best of luck. We'll find out more about all of you during the show.

One more person to introduce - the man who steps forward when obscurity beckons.

-These are not my words. He is my pointless friend. He's Richard.

-Hello.

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Apparently, you step forward when obscurity beckons.

You've had to introduce me 48 times already this series, so you may be running out of things to say.

How does obscurity beckon?

Obscurely?

-Yeah.

-I guess.

-Yeah.

And what sort of show have we got, Richard?

We've only got one returning pair, Karen and Janice.

They were very good, so the other three have their work cut out.

The Welsh always do rather well on this show and father-and-son teams do well, so no pressure.

Thanks very much, Richard. We put all our questions to 100 people before the show,

but we are after the obscure answers they didn't get.

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

Everyone wants to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave and each time that happens,

we will add £250 to the jackpot.

Lauren and Jamie won the jackpot last time, so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.

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-Very good.

OK, let's play Pointless.

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

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

Our first category this afternoon is...Fashion.

You will decide in your pairs who is going to go first, who is going to go second.

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many types of hairstyle as they could.

Types of hairstyle. Richard?

All the correct answers will be types of hairstyle.

If you need more detail, by "hairstyle", I mean "style of hair" and by "correct", I mean "right".

Thanks, Richard. Linda and Nigel, you all drew lots before the show and today, you get to go first.

We'll give you a choice of seven answers in each pass.

The first set of seven answers reads like this...

I'll read those one more time.

At least one of those answers is pointless, but at least one of those answers is also incorrect.

Land on one of those and you will score the maximum of 100 points. Linda, types of haircut?

I'm going to go for one that I know is right, although I'm not sure it will be a low score.

I'm going to go for "beehive".

Beehive. There it is, three up from the bottom.

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

29, Linda.

Scores you 29. Not a bad answer at all.

-Richard?

-Yeah, very safe start. Beehive - a very tall, beehive-shaped hairdo.

-Any Winehouse is probably the most famous beehive wearer.

-We're looking for types of hairstyle, Chris.

-Rather smart hairstyle you have there yourself.

-What could I possibly know about hairstyles?

But if I did have a hairstyle, I'd probably go for the bob.

One up from the bottom. Let's see if that's right

and if it is, let's see how many people said "bob".

It's right.

61, Chris.

So, a bob, Richard?

Yes, a big score for "bob". It was developed in 1909 by a Parisian hairdresser called Antonine.

-Antoni?

-Antonine.

-Oh, Antonine.

Yeah, and his assistant Bob.

Guess who did all the work in that relationship!

OK, now, Simon, remember, we are looking for types of hairstyle.

On that board, there are still five choices.

Nobody has eked out the pointless one. There's at least one pointless answer there.

I don't think it's the height of fashion at the moment, so it could be fairly pointless - pageboy.

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

It's right.

6.

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-Pageboy, Richard?

-Very good answer.

It's a smooth, jaw-length haircut with a horizontal fringe, a pageboy haircut.

-Maybe I'll go for that next time.

-It's less fashionable now than once it was, I think.

Right now, Karen. Remember, we are looking for types of hairstyle.

I don't recognise those ones.

I knew the other ones.

The Hoxton Fin sounds like it might be a Mohicanny-type thing.

The only one I'm going to take a chance on is Rachel and hope it was from when Friends was really big.

I was thinking that. It's a Jennifer Aniston haircut called a Rachel.

Everyone had that. I had that.

You had a Rachel. You suited it.

-Didn't I?

-I had a Phoebe.

-I'd say that suited you less well.

-Come on.

-It wasn't a good look.

-I think your pageboy cut...

-I went for the Roseanne and it was much better.

I'm looking forward to your Marge.

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Karen, you are going to go with Rachel.

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

It's right.

Oh!

-Brilliant answer, but not pointless.

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That scores you 2, Karen.

-Richard?

-Yes, named after Jennifer Aniston's character in Friends.

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

Out of those three, there are two pointless answers and one incorrect answer.

Hoxton Fin, which Karen talked about, is a pointless answer.

The Hoxton Fin is two partings here and push it up in the middle.

It's paying a hairdresser £50 to make it look as if you've just got out of bed.

Casquette and fontange, one of those is incorrect and one is pointless. What do you think?

I think fontange is a haircut.

The fontange is indeed a haircut, so very well done if you said that.

And "casquette" is French for "cap". It's also a cycling helmet, so it was an incorrect answer.

Thanks, Richard. We're halfway through the round. Let's look at those scores.

We started off with some big scores. Guy and Simon and Karen and Janice had the right idea.

Some lovely low scores there. Chris and Ryan, that was a big one. Ryan, you've got a mountain to climb.

Nigel, keep it nice and low and you should be all right.

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

We'll put seven more answers on the board. We're looking for types of hairstyle and we've got...

Let me do that again.

Again at least one of those answers is pointless and at least one is incorrect,

so try and avoid that or those.

Right now, Janice, didn't Karen do brilliantly?

-She did very well.

-Didn't she do brilliantly? Can you do as well?

I doubt if I can do as well because I think the ones that I recognise are going to be popular answers.

You're on 2. If you score 58 or less with this answer, you are definitely through to the next round.

I think therefore I will go safe and go for the mullet.

-That awful...

-When has anyone ever said that?

-That's what I say to my barber every time.

-"I'll go safe."

-"I'm just going to go for the mullet again."

There is your red line.

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

Let's see if "mullet" gets you down there.

Well, it is right.

You're through.

16. That takes your total up to 18.

-Mullet, Richard?

-Yeah, mullet, short at the front and sides and long at the back.

Guy, you are on 6. If you can score 54 or less with this, you are through to the next round.

Lovely low score from Simon. That's his legacy.

However, I think you can go one better. I think you can truffle out the pointless answer on this board.

You knew the Hoxton Fin, didn't you?

I did. I'm not brave enough to truffle out the pointless answer on this board though.

I think I'm playing it safe-ish. There are two I've never heard of and one of them is pointless.

But I'm not brave enough to go for it. I'm not going super-safe, but I'm going to go "suedehead",

-which I think is like a female skinhead with a bit fluffy on top.

-Sounds lovely. It sounds very nice.

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That is what I'm going to ask for next time I go to the hairdresser's.

-Finally, I have my haircut.

-Yeah.

-You have your haircut.

-Yeah. That's a relief.

OK, suedehead. There is your red line, Guy.

If you're below that red line with "suedehead", you are through to the next round.

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

You're right.

And you're through to the next round.

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Not only correct, that is a pointless answer.

It adds £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to £1,250.

It scores you nothing and it takes your total up to 6. Excellent answer - suedehead.

That's definitely a safe-ish answer. It's a very closely cropped cut,

beloved, as you say, of '70s female punks.

OK, now, Ryan, you are on 61.

You are our high scorers.

We are looking for types of hairstyle. You have to score as low as you can with this answer

and hope that Nigel picks something that's incorrect.

Yeah, I'm really torn, actually, what to choose.

-I'm going to choose the flat-top...

-I don't think it would suit you!

I saw it in an episode of Prince Of Bel-Air or something like that, Will Smith.

-"Flat-top" you're going to say.

-Yes.

Let's see if "flat-top" is right and if it is, how many people said it. No red line for you.

You're the high scorers. Let's see how many people said "flat-top".

It's correct.

That's a great answer.

Very good. That scores you 5. It takes your total up to 66.

-Richard, flat-top?

-Yes, well played, Ryan. It's like a crew-cut, but designed to look flat on top.

You see, flat-top, I can see where that comes from.

-Mullet... Why was mullet called mullet?

-Why is a mullet called a mullet?

-Yeah.

-I think it's cos whenever you see someone wearing one, you want to slap him round the face with a fish.

Very, very good score there, Ryan.

66 - is it enough to save you?

Only Nigel can tell us. Nigel, talk us through the board.

I definitely think "wedge" is a cut.

The devilock I like the look of.

That might be because of the devil in me.

Skinhead, I think maybe a culture more so than a cut.

Hmm. You seem to have left out Bubi there, Nigel.

I haven't got a clue what that is at all.

I'm going to go for... I'm going to go for the devilock.

-The devilock?

-Yes.

If you score 36 or less with this, you are through to the next round.

If you're below that red line, you are through to Round 2.

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

It's right.

Good enough.

Look at that. Well done, Nigel.

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"Devilock" is a pointless answer. It adds £250 to the jackpot, taking it up to £1,500.

It scores you nothing and it leaves you on 29 points. Very good. Richard?

Big risk to take, but it paid off. The devilock was developed by the US punk band, The Misfits.

It's no hair at the back and there, but basically, all of it combed forward in front of your face

into sort of a spike, essentially.

-They called it the wave and one of their mums suggested they call it the devilock. Isn't that sweet?

-Yes.

One of The Misfits' mums, well done.

Let's take a look at the other answers.

Nigel, as you rightly say, the wedge is a haircut.

It would've scored you a miserly 7, so it would've been a safe answer.

Skinhead, it is a sub-culture, but it's also a haircut.

It would've scored you 28,

which means that Bubi is an incorrect answer.

It's actually one of The Hair Bear Bunch from the '70s.

Ah! You were right to avoid it.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of Round 1, the losing pair with the highest score is Chris and Ryan.

-Father and son...

-Sorry, mate.

-Who's going to take the blame for this, Ryan?

-Definitely my dad.

-In other words, you. Good.

We will see you again next time. Everyone gets two shots at the Pointless final.

I hope next time we have you for a lot longer. You've been great contestants. Thanks for playing.

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

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

OK, the category for Round 2 is...

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.

And the question for Round 2 concerns...

Disney Songs And Their Films. We're about to show you a list of songs.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to tell us which Disney animated movie they are from. Richard?

We'll give you six songs. Tell us the movie they were on the soundtrack of.

The more obscure ones will score you the fewest points, but an incorrect answer will score you 100 points.

See if you can get them all at home.

OK, your first six are...

I'll read those one more time.

Nigel, we're looking for the Disney animated films that these songs came from.

Are you a fan of animated films?

-No.

-Really? Not even the classic Disney animated films?

-No, it's just not my thing.

-Not your thing. Never was?

-No.

-My son would tell me every one of those, but he's not here.

-What are you going to go for?

-Circle Of Life, The Lion King.

-Circle Of Life, The Lion King. OK.

Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people knew that. Circle Of Life from The Lion King...

It's right.

60.

So that's 40 better than 100. It's very easy to score 100 in this round.

-Richard, Circle Of Life?

-Yeah, of course, by Tim Rice and Elton John.

It was nominated for an Oscar, but beaten by their other song, Can You Feel The Love Tonight?

Fair enough. Simon... Now then, animated Disney films.

-Mm-hm.

-And the songs associated with them. Is this a subject close to your heart?

The animated films is not much of a problem.

-The songs might be though.

-Yes.

I've got a sneaky feeling about one,

but I'm worried that it's going to be a very high score if I'm wrong.

But I'm going to play safe-ish and go for When You Wish Upon A Star in Pinocchio.

When You Wish Upon A Star and Pinocchio, you're saying.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said When You Wish Upon A Star was from Pinocchio.

It's right.

Good answer, Simon.

Well done. That scores you 23 points.

-Richard, Pinocchio?

-That earned Disney their first Best Song Oscar, When You Wish Upon A Star from 1940.

-How many Oscars have Disney films won?

-They've won eight Oscars up to 2010.

-Get out of here!

-For Best Original Song. They've won others for Best Original Score as well.

Now then, Janice. We are looking for the Disney animated films that these songs were first in.

Right, yeah, there's one there that's very obvious and I imagine it's going to be quite high,

which is The Bare Necessities.

-Mm-hm.

-And I have to be absolutely honest,

Go The Distance and I'll Make A Man Out Of You, I can't for the minute think where they come from.

But I'm going to have a go because I think I know where The Unbirthday Song came from

and I think it was in the Mad Hatter's Tea Party in Alice In Wonderland.

-I'm risking that. I'm not 100%...

-Guy's giving you a nod there.

I think that's a cracking answer.

-The Unbirthday Song you think might be from Alice In Wonderland.

-Yeah, it rings a bell.

Let's see if that's right. That might score you very low if it is.

Alice In Wonderland, The Unbirthday Song, let's see if it's right.

It's right.

18, Janice.

Brilliant answer. 18 for The Unbirthday Song from Alice In Wonderland.

Very well played. Best answer of the round. It's from the Mad Hatter's Tea Party in Alice In Wonderland.

Let's take a look at the other answers.

The Bare Necessities is fairly obvious, The Jungle Book, and would have scored you a hefty 81 points,

so it was very well avoided.

-Do you know what Go The Distance is from?

-I'm going to take a guess because it's a running thing.

-It's Hercules. Is it?

-It is Hercules. Well done. Would've scored you 3 points.

-I'll Make A Man Out Of You?

-I would have said Pinocchio.

-It does sound like Pinocchio.

But it's Mulan. That would have scored you 1 point. Very well done if you got that.

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

It's a lower-scoring round than the first round.

Linda and Nigel - 60. Linda, you've got a job to do in the next pass.

Guy and Simon, Karen and Janice, nice and low there.

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

OK, we're going to put six more songs on the board and here they are. We've got...

I'll read those one more time.

We are looking for the Disney films that these songs were first in.

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

-OK, Karen, do you like animated Disney films?

-I love them and my three children love them.

-So you know them all pretty well?

-There's one usually on about every night.

-So this is a perfect round for you. What's that board looking like to you, Karen?

-Yeah, pretty good.

One that's coming out at me, I'm sure it's off a film that my girls love - Pocahontas, Colours Of The Wind.

Colours Of The Wind, Pocahontas, you're saying. Top of the board.

Well, let's see. You are on 18.

If you can score 41 or less with this, you are through to the next round. There's your red line.

Let's see if Colours Of The Wind is indeed from Pocahontas.

It's right.

Very good.

14 that scores you. It takes your total up to 32. Richard?

Yeah, well done, safely through. From 1995, Pocahontas, the end title version sung by Vanessa Williams.

-Not the tennis player.

-LAUGHTER

-Interesting.

-Venus Williams did When You Wish Upon A Star from Pinocchio.

-Yes.

-That was one of hers.

-Serena Williams has never found that hit.

She makes a terrible racket, doesn't she?

That was a back-handed compliment!

-LAUGHTER AND GROANS

-Oh...

Now then, Guy. Guy, you're on 23.

If you can score 36 or less with this, you are through to the next round.

We are looking for the Disney films that these songs first came from.

I'm not going to score 36 or less. There's only one that's nailed on.

There's another one, I can hear it in my head, but I don't know what film it's from.

There's another one where the title, I'm thinking, "That's got to be from..." But I'm not going for that.

-I'm going to say Whistle While You Work is from Snow White.

-Snow White, you're saying...

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

If you're above that red line, it's not all over, actually.

It just depends how well Linda knows her Disney animated classics.

Let's see if Whistle While You Work is from Snow White and if it is, how many people said it.

74 that scores you, Guy. That takes your total up to 97.

Yeah, a really big score. Whistle While You Work, unless you work in a library, in which case...

Keep it down. People are trying to work. 1937, that film was from. 1937.

Now then, Linda. You're on 60.

If you can score 36 or less with this answer, you are through to the head-to-head

and we say goodbye to Guy and Simon.

How good is your Disney knowledge?

There's only two there that I know which film they come from and I think they'll both be quite popular.

I'm going to go for Under The Sea, Little Mermaid.

We have Under The Sea and you are saying Little Mermaid.

If you are below that red line, you stay with us.

Above that red line and we say goodbye.

Let's see if Under The Sea is Little Mermaid and how many people said it if it is.

It's right.

-Oh!

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Oh! A nail-biting close to the second round there.

You score 38 with that, Linda, and I'm afraid that takes you just into the red.

-You are our high scorers. Richard, Little Mermaid?

-Tough luck. What was the other one you were thinking of?

-Whole New World from Aladdin.

-If you'd said that, it is from Aladdin, you'd have scored 32 points.

And you'd be through. I'm so sorry.

-Baby Mine, do you know where that's from?

-No.

That's from Dumbo. Well done if you said that cos it's 3 points.

I Wonder is a pointless answer. Do you know where it's from?

-No.

-It's from Sleeping Beauty. Very well done if you got I Wonder.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of Round 2, the losing pair with the highest score...

Oh, that was close! ..Linda and Nigel. Nigel, what would have been an ideal round for you?

-Swing music.

-Swing music.

-Frank Sinatra films would have been a good one.

-Linda, how about you?

-What would you like to have seen?

-Possibly something about some TV programmes. I watch a lot of telly.

Maybe next time. Nigel, Linda, sorry to say goodbye to you, but we will see you next time.

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

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

We've said goodbye to two teams.

It's time to find out which pair will be playing for today's jackpot which currently stands at £1,500.

AUDIENCE: Ooh!

Karen and Janice, Guy and Simon, you are now going head-to-head on the best of three questions.

You are now allowed to confer.

You just have to give an answer each time that scores lower than the opposing pair to win that point.

The first team to have two points will be through to the final to play for that jackpot.

Let's play Pointless.

Here is your first question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many US states beginning with a vowel as they could.

US states beginning with a vowel, Richard?

There are 12. We are looking for the most obscure.

Karen and Janice, because you've played best so far, you get to go first.

We are looking for US states beginning with a vowel.

WHISPERING

I'm going to start pushing for an answer. We've got one.

-We've got quite a few.

-Yeah, that's the problem.

-What are people thinking?

We've gone through quite a few because there's quite a lot.

Do you know the States well?

Reasonably well. We've been learning them.

My brother lives in the USA, so he talks a lot to me about the USA.

-We're going to go with Iowa.

-Iowa.

Guy and Simon, that was the one they had primed up. It's just been blown out the water.

OK, so Iowa has gone.

-What was our back-up?

-Oregon or Idaho?

I like Oregon because it sounds like a city, rather than a state.

-I like Ohio. I can't think of anything that comes from Ohio.

-Cincinnati, Ohio.

-Ohio, yeah?

-Yeah.

OK, Ohio, it is.

-Not Oregon. Ohio.

-Yeah.

You're going Ohio. We have Iowa and we have Ohio.

Iowa, say Karen and Janice. Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said it.

It's right.

22.

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22 for Iowa. Let's see if Ohio scores more or less than that. What do you reckon?

-It's going to be close.

-I think more, unfortunately.

Let's see if it scores higher or lower than Iowa. Ohio...

Come on, baby. One less, one less.

-33.

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After the first question, 1-0 to Karen and Janice. Richard?

There were three answers that would have beaten Iowa. If you'd gone with Idaho, you'd have won the point.

Let's take a look at all 12 of the states.

Illinois at the bottom, where Obama was senator, with 11.

Oklahoma 12, Idaho 21,

Iowa and Indiana both 22,

Alabama with 29,

Alaska with 30,

Arkansas with 32, Ohio with 33, as we've heard,

Oregon 35, Arizona 36 and right at the top there, Utah with 48.

Very interesting. OK, here is your second question.

Guy and Simon, you must win this point to stay in the game.

Karen and Janice, if you win this point, you are through to the final.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many George Eliot novels as they could.

-George Eliot novels, Richard?

-Yeah, we're looking for any of the seven full-length novels by George Eliot.

We won't accept collections of short stories like Scenes Of Clerical Life.

We're looking for one of the seven full-length novels written by George Eliot.

OK, Guy and Simon, you get to go first this time.

OK, we think we know one.

-Possibly two.

-Both the ones you're thinking of are written by the same person and it's not George Eliot.

-I can't remember who it is.

-Fair enough. I'll go with you on that one, yeah.

-It's going to be bad.

-It's the only one we know.

Apart from The Da Vinci Code, what else is there(?)

-We have to go for it.

-What's it called? The Mill On The Floss?

-Yeah, The Mill On The Floss.

Karen and Janice, Mill On The Floss is what Guy and Simon have said.

WHISPERING

Yes, we both had one in our heads and we both said exactly the same one, so we've got to go for this.

It's one that I have to confess that I read at school

which was Silas Marner and I didn't like it.

-The name sticks in my mind, but nothing about the novel.

-Silas Marner.

Let's see if Mill On The Floss is right and if it is, how many people said Mill On The Floss.

17.

Not bad at all.

Not a bad score. 17 for Mill On The Floss.

Let's see if Silas Marner is right and let's see if it is low enough to beat Mill On The Floss.

This, if it does go lower than Mill On The Floss, will see you straight through to the final.

It's right.

Oh, look at that! Silas Marner scores only 10.

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So, after two questions, Karen and Janice are straight through to the final, 2-0. Richard?

Well played, Karen and Janice. There'll be plenty of names on this board that you'll recognise.

It's inexcusable to not know much about George Eliot. I think he's a wonderful writer(!) I really do.

I take my hat off to him. Let's take a look at all of them.

There's a pointless answer, Felix Holt The Radical. Well done if you got that at home.

Daniel Deronda and Romola would have both scored you 2.

Adam Bede and Middlemarch both would have won you the points.

-Silas Marner on 10 and Mill On The Floss at the top.

-Thanks, Richard.

The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, it's Guy and Simon.

-Just not your categories, I'm afraid.

-What was it? Felix...? It wasn't on the tip of my tongue.

-We were outclassed.

-Yeah, no chance.

-What were the two you were thinking of?

-Tess Of The D'Urbervilles.

-Thomas Hardy.

-Mayor Of Casterbridge.

-And The Da Vinci Code.

-Hopefully, we'll get Thomas Hardy questions.

-Angels And Demons not up there?

-No.

But Digital Fortress was a pointless answer(!)

We'll have you back next time. What would you have liked to have come up?

-What would have been ideal?

-Asterix.

-Suggest what you like and we'll see what we can do.

You had Asterix in the last series. I was screaming at the telly and nobody ever picked it.

-Now we're not going to get it.

-It's on a shelf somewhere unused.

I don't think I've ever not been reading an Asterix book. Since the age of 14, I've had one on the go.

-You started at 14? Wow!

-Yeah.

-This is like being at a tremendously boring dinner party.

-Isn't it? Yeah.

LAUGHTER

Tremendous.

All I can see is a series of bored women rolling their eyes.

We will see you again next time when, hopefully, you'll go all the way through to the final.

-Meanwhile, thanks very much for playing. Great contestants.

-APPLAUSE

But for Karen and Janice, it's now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win £1,500.

Congratulations, Karen and Janice. You've seen off all the competition to win our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot and at the end of today's show,

the jackpot stands at £1,500.

APPLAUSE

To win that money, you have to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people could think of.

We've had two pointless answers today. You just have to find one more now and you'll win that money.

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

Yeah, I'm terrible at geography, so Asia would be bad.

Motor Sport, we don't really know many winners of Formula One and stuff.

-We probably know slightly more about Classic Musicals.

-It's more by a process of elimination

than an absolute favourite thing. Classic Musicals.

Classic Musicals, it is. Let's find out what the question really is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many songs from My Fair Lady as they could.

-Richard?

-We're looking for any of the songs from the original stage or film versions of My Fair Lady.

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

All you need to win that £1,500 is for just one answer to be pointless.

Your 60 seconds start now.

-Well, there's The Rain In Spain.

-Falls Mainly On The Plain, yes.

-Wouldn't It Be Loverly?

-Yeah.

-All the obvious ones.

-Keep going then.

-I can't think of any more.

I'm trying to think through the film.

-I've just got, "By George, she's got it."

-Is that one?

That's The Rain In Spain Falls Mainly On The Plain.

When they're outside doing the flowers and that?

-Is that Wouldn't It Be Loverly?

-She sings Wouldn't It Be Loverly, yeah.

-I can't think. I can only think of two.

-I can only think of them two as well.

-We're stuck with two. And they're not going to be pointless.

-No.

-Just You Wait, Henry Higgins, is that one?

-We'll just say that, yes.

That'll be our third.

-OK.

-OK, you've got your three. We'll stop the clock.

Your three answers are...?

-The one that's going to not be pointless...

-Wouldn't It Be Loverly?

-Wouldn't It Be Loverly?

-The Rain In Spain.

-The Rain In Spain.

-Just You Wait, Henry Higgins.

-Just You Wait, Henry 'Iggins.

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

-The last one.

-Just You Wait, Henry Higgins.

-Your least confident answer?

-Wouldn't It Be Loverly?

-OK, we'll put them up in that order.

There they are.

We're looking for songs from My Fair Lady.

You only need one of these to be pointless to win that £1,500 jackpot.

Let's go with your first one. Let's see how many people said Wouldn't It Be Loverly?

Well, it's right.

It's your first shot at that jackpot of £1,500.

It has to go all the way down to zero.

Still going down through the 20s, the teens...

10.

APPLAUSE

10, not a bad score at all.

Not a pointless answer, but you knew that wouldn't be pointless.

-Did you expect it to be as low as 10?

-No, I thought it was so popular.

-How well do you know the musical?

-Have you seen the film?

-Many times.

-Oliver would have been nicer.

When you hear the names of the pointless songs, assuming there aren't two behind me on the board,

-you will probably know them all.

-Yes.

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

-£1,500 - what would you spend that on?

-A holiday would be nice.

-Yes, towards holidays.

-A holiday.

-Holidays, yes.

Very good. You know what you'd listen to in the car on the way.

We're looking for songs from My Fair Lady.

Let's hope nobody said The Rain In Spain. This has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

There we are, it's right.

Wouldn't It Be Loverly went all the way down to 10.

Where do we think this one will stop? Rain In Spain...

Down through the 20s, teens...

-APPLAUSE

-13.

Weirdly, more people knew that than Wouldn't It Be Loverly? Strange...

You are strange.

The Rain In Spain, not a pointless answer.

Only one more shot at that jackpot - £1,500. Where would you go on your holiday?

-Where would you go?

-I'd go to Disneyland.

-I'd go to Spain.

Disneyland and Spain.

Very good.

Just You Wait - this is your most confident answer.

Just You Wait has to be pointless for you to win that £1,500.

Let's see how many people said it - Just You Wait.

Well, it's right.

It's right. It has to go all the way down to zero, obviously.

This is your third and final shot at the pointless jackpot of £1,500.

Oh!

APPLAUSE

Oh, that was very, very close indeed,

but unfortunately, you didn't find that crucial pointless answer,

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £1,500 which will roll over to the next show.

-You have been fantastic and you take home the Pointless trophy.

-APPLAUSE

-So then, Richard?

-That was tough luck. Lots of well-known songs.

The most popular answers were On The Street Where You Live and I Could Have Danced All Night.

There were three pointless answers which, if you know the film, you'll probably know. Let's take a look.

There's Show Me, sung by Freddy and Eliza, Without You, sung by Eliza,

and You Did It, sung by Pickering and Higgins.

-I hope none of those ring a bell.

-Yeah, they do.

-Do you know all of those?

-Two of them.

-Yes, you do now.

A minute, it's very hard when the spotlight's on you.

Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, Karen and Janice,

-but thank you so much for playing.

-APPLAUSE

So nobody's won our jackpot today which means it rolls over

and on the next show, therefore, we will be playing for £2,500.

AUDIENCE: Ooh!

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

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me.

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