Episode 1 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to the first show

in a brand new series of Pointless, the quiz show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.

Over the coming weeks we'll be asking our contestants to dive into the deep end of their knowledge

in search of the most obscure answers to hundreds of new questions.

Let's meet today's players.

APPLAUSE

Welcome to Roxx and Myth.

You're our first pair on the show. How do you two know each other?

We actually met each other at a Motley Crue concert a few years ago,

and since then we've formed a band together called Whiskey And Lace.

Whiskey And Lace? What particularly drew you to...?

Well, it's an old Alice Cooper album called Lace And Whiskey,

so we thought, Lace And Whiskey... Whiskey And Lace.

Very good!

Now, Myth, come clean with me.

-Were you christened Myth?

-No.

LAUGHTER

Myth would be my alias, as it were. In another life I was known as Phil.

I'm going to call you Myth.

-LAUGHTER

-And Roxx?

Er...Rob Hughes, my name is.

-Rob?

-Hughes, yeah.

-Those names are banished.

We're not going to deal with those any more.

-It's going to be Roxx and Myth.

-That's it.

Great to have you on the show, very best of luck to you.

Next we welcome back Nosheel and John. You were on the show last series.

We give everyone two chances to get through to the Pointless final, and this is your second.

Remind us how you did.

We got to the second round, and then it sort of went downhill from there.

What's your strategy this time round?

To stay in a bit longer than the second round, hopefully.

-Sounds good to me!

-Simple.

Well, very best of luck to you. Next we welcome Yvonne and Doreen. How do you two know each other?

Well, we met at a ladies' club about four years ago, and we hit it off straight away,

we've got the same hobbies and everything. We've been friends ever since.

-So what are you hoping's going to come up?

-Anything prior to 1970 would be nice.

-Anything?!

-LAUGHTER

Anything? World politics...?

No, probably not world politics, although I do remember Winston Churchill.

Very good. Well, we'll keep our fingers crossed.

Let's hope something prior to 1970 comes up.

And finally we've got Ray and Elly.

-How do you two know each other?

-We're father and daughter.

Do you do lots of things together? Do you do quizzes together?

We do quizzes together, yeah. We have a special quiz night on Mondays. When I come home from work,

we do three or four quizzes together on Monday nights.

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

There is only one more person for me to introduce.

He's an encyclopaedia of obscure facts and figures - he's my pointless friend, Richard!

Hiya. WHOOPING

-There we are.

-Lovely to be back, isn't it?

-Isn't it?

-Lovely to have Nosheel and John back.

-It's been a very long time since we saw them last.

-It has.

So very best of luck on this one, guys. Lovely to have Whiskey And Lace in the house.

But I have to say, I'm going to tip the hard rockers Yvonne and Doreen to win the show.

LAUGHTER

Oh, that's us gone.

Very good indeed. Well, we know what happens when Richard tips anyone...

OK, well, we put all our questions to 100 people before the show.

But this is Pointless, so we are after the obscure answers that those 100 people DIDN'T get.

The fewer people who got the answer, the fewer points awarded... the better your chance of winning.

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

What everyone is looking for is a pointless answer

that none of our 100 people gave, and each time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.

No-one won the jackpot at the end of last series, so we will add another £1,000 to that total.

So today's jackpot starts off at...

WHOOPING

OK, let's play Pointless.

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

Whichever team has the highest score at the end of the round

will be eliminated, so be very careful that that's not you.

If anyone gives me an incorrect answer, they will score the maximum of 100 points.

OK. Our first category this afternoon is...

Air travel.

Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first and who's going to go second.

THEY WHISPER

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

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

..as they could. Richard?

Yeah, quite a tricky start to the new series.

We're looking for any international airline that flies to international destinations from Heathrow.

That's as verified by Heathrow's website at the start of 2011.

There are lots - I gave up counting at 80 -

and there are over 40 pointless answers here, so see if you can get some of those at home.

Right, Roxx and Myth -

before the show, you all drew lots and you get to go first. So, Roxx...

I'm thinking all the holidays I've been on have been to

Spain - lads' holidays - so I'm not really well travelled.

So international airlines...

I might go for something that's not too far away

but it's international, an Irish one I think...

Aer Lingus? Is that Irish?

-You're going to go for Aer Lingus.

-Aer Lingus.

You're hoping to score as few points as possible with this, Roxx.

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

It's right, Roxx.

Down it goes.

APPLAUSE

Aer Lingus scores you 13 points.

It's a right answer and it's a good answer.

Founded by the Irish Government in 1936, Aer Lingus.

I hope you've got as interesting a fact as that for every airline!

If you're interested in when airlines were founded, and by whom, then stick around.

LAUGHTER

Very good indeed. Right, Nosheel.

Have you flown a lot?

Relatively so, yeah.

I think I'm going to go for one of our favourite European friends, and go for Lufthansa.

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

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

It's right.

APPLAUSE

Who founded Lufthansa, and when?!

Well, it was founded in the 1920s...

and it was er... founded by the Germans.

Very good indeed. Good answer, Nosheel.

Scored you 23.

OK, so, Yvonne. Have you flown out of Heathrow a lot?

I have flown out of Heathrow. Not a lot, but...

What's your favourite destination you've flown to out of Heathrow?

-Las Vegas.

-Ohhh!

-I love it.

-How many times have you been to Vegas?

-Three.

And maybe if you win...

-I'd like to go again.

-..you can take all your winnings, and lose them.

LAUGHTER

OK. So - an airline that flies from Heathrow.

Well, I think I'll go for Air China.

Air China. Let's see if that's right, you're hoping to score as few points as possible...

Let's see how many people said it. Air China.

It's right.

It's right...

Down it goes, best answer yet -

it's pointless, well done!

CHEERING

I don't believe it!

Congratulations, Yvonne -

Air China is a pointless answer,

it scores you nothing

and it adds £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to £4,000.

Very well done, Yvonne!

Very good indeed.

What a lovely start to the series, that's brilliant.

It's one of the biggest airlines in the world, but nobody of our 100 mentioned it in their 100 seconds.

Very good. Well done.

Now then - Ray. It comes to you.

-I'm struggling a little bit.

-Are you?

Yeah. All I can think of are pretty obvious.

So I think I'm going to go with Qantas.

OK. Is it correct, and if it is, how many people said it?

It's right.

APPLAUSE

Qantas - very popular airline, scores you 39 points. Richard?

It's Queensland And Northern Territories Aerial Services.

-Aerial...?

-Qantas.

Aerial services, yeah, they started out fixing people's tellies.

LAUGHTER

Then up on a roof one day someone went, "What is THAT...?"

LAUGHTER

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

Yvonne, Doreen, a pointless answer from you.

You're looking fantastic at the end of that round,

not a point on your board.

Then we come to Roxx and Myth -

wonderful answer there from Roxx, Aer Lingus.

Then we come to Nosheel's answer, 23,

beginning to look a little bit dangerous there.

Elly, you have your work cut out.

Let's hope you've done lots of flying out of Heathrow

so you can make up for Ray's high score -

it wasn't THAT high, 39, but I'm afraid you are

higher than everyone else.

OK, can the second players please take their places at the podium.

We are looking for international airlines that fly from Heathrow.

Now, Elly...

you are the highest scorers at the moment. You need to score low.

I'm hoping that Gulf Air will be

-a lesser known airline.

-Gulf Air...

-OK, Gulf Air.

-Very nice...but lesser known.

Very good. Gulf Air. Other airlines are available.

LAUGHTER

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

It's right.

Oh!

APPLAUSE

Fantastic low score there.

Scores you 6, takes your total up to 45.

Richard, Gulf Air.

It's owned by the kingdom of Bahrain, Gulf Air.

OK, thanks very much.

So, then - Doreen.

We're going to try

Scandinavian Airlines.

Scandinavian Airlines.

You are currently on nothing.

You only have to score 44 or less at this stage

to ensure you're in the next round. Scandinavian Airlines -

you're absolutely confident...?

-No, I'm not confident, dear, but we'll try it.

-LAUGHTER

OK...

Scandinavian Airlines.

OK, there is your red line, Doreen - if you come below that red line

with Scandinavian Airlines, you are through to the next round.

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

It's right.

Oh - it's good...

Oh, very good indeed!

APPLAUSE

Very well done, Doreen.

Scandinavian Airlines scores you 2,

giving you a total of 2.

Richard, Scandinavian Airlines.

Yeah, that's the way to play the game.

Scandinavian Airlines, or SAS,

fly out of Heathrow. Very well done.

The national carrier of Denmark, Sweden and Norway.

Thank you very much, Richard.

We are looking for international airlines that fly from Heathrow. Now then, John...

-Yes.

-You're on 23, not a bad score at all.

Elly and Ray are on 45.

If you can score 21 or less, John...

One that keeps popping up, is

-Garuda.

-Is what?

-Garuda Airlines.

-CHUCKLING

-Garuda Airlines.

-I can't think where I know it, or where it goes to.

Maybe it's in a book.

LAUGHTER

OK, here's your red line.

If Garuda Airlines gets you below it

you are through to the next round.

I think you're either going to crash down in flames here, or it's going to be a moment of great glory.

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

AUDIENCE: Ohhh!

Bad luck, John. Unfortunately Garuda is a wrong answer, which means that

you score the maximum of 100 points, taking your total up to 123.

Richard, Garuda...

I only know a couple of things about Garuda Airlines.

One, most importantly,

it doesn't fly into Heathrow, or from Heathrow.

It's an Indonesian airline - so Sydney for example,

you may well have come across it there.

Well, John, I'm afraid that puts your score into the red.

You are on 123,

and you are going to be our high scorers at the end of this round

because even if Myth and Roxx

score 100 points they won't overtake your score, I'm sorry to say,

so we'll be saying goodbye to you.

Now, Myth. You have a free hand here.

Whatever you say,

you are through to the next round. But a chance maybe to score a pointless answer...

I would love to have a punt and try and get some extra money,

but I'm coming up with nothing but painfully obvious answers.

So I'm going to play it safe and take a punt with Air France.

Let's see how many people said that.

No red line for you obviously cos you are through.

APPLAUSE

Air France scores you 29, takes your total up to 42.

So Richard, Air France.

One of the highest answers of all, but a very safe answer.

Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers -

I won't go through all 40.

Air China we heard was a pointless answer.

Iran Air. That's er...from Iran.

LAUGHTER

Jat Airways, which is the Serbian national airline -

it stands for Jugoslovenski Aerotransport,

but I don't need to tell YOU that...

Kingfisher Airlines, which is Indian. Libyan Arab Airlines.

Olympic Air, that's a Greek airline.

Royal Air Maroc, that's Morocco.

Sri Lankan Airlines,

and Syrian Air, which is

the subject of the travellers' quiz, Who Wants To Be On Syrian Air?

LAUGHTER

Let's take a look at the er... I'm so sorry.

Let's take a look at the top three answers,

these are the ones that the most people in our 100 said.

Qantas, which scored 39.

In second place was Virgin Atlantic, that would have scored you 57.

-What do you think was top?

-British Airways.

British Airways with 86.

Thanks very much, Richard.

So at the end of Round One, the losing pair with the highest score,

I'm afraid it's Nosheel And John.

What have you learnt? What will you be taking

to the next quiz show that you do?

I need to learn the difference between England and Australia.

Well, yeah...

But you'll be sticking as a team, I'm sure, won't you, for future quizzes?

We may no longer speak to each other after this...

LAUGHTER

Well, listen, you've been fantastic contestants,

thanks so much for playing. Thank you.

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

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

so one team is going to be leaving us at the end of this round.

You just have to make sure it's not you.

OK, the category for Round Two is...

Can you all decide in your pairs who is going to go first, and who is going to go second.

THEY WHISPER

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

And the question concerns...

Film Songs And Their Films.

In this round we'll show you a list of songs from films.

We asked 100 people to tell us which films they are from. Richard.

We're going to show you six songs on each pass, all of which were nominated for an Academy Award.

The more obscure answers will score you fewer points,

the easier ones will score you very high points.

If you give us an incorrect answer, you'll score 100 points.

See if you can get all six of them at home - and I promise you there are some from before 1970.

LAUGHTER

So we're looking for the films that these songs are from...

I'll read those one more time...

OK. So there are the six songs, you need to give me the film.

OK, Myth...

Any of these on your set list?

Er...not at the last count, no.

OK... Myth, from that list,

which is the most obscure one

you reckon you know?

I'm going to play it safe -

well, safe-ish...

and I'm going to go with Lose Yourself, from 8 Mile.

Lose Yourself from 8 Mile.

Let's see if Myth is right.

Down it goes, Myth. I think that was a very, very good one to pick...

APPLAUSE

That's a great answer. Lose Yourself, 8 Mile. Richard...

Yeah, very good answer. Well played. It won the film's only Oscar.

That's a fantastic answer.

Now, Doreen...

You now have five left on the table.

I reckon you might know some quite obscure ones here.

Well, they're all very popular,

I know them all. But I'm going to go with

(I've Had) The Time Of My Life

-from Dirty Dancing.

-OK, Doreen.

The Time Of My Life from Dirty Dancing -

let's see if it's right.

60. Wow...

A very well-known song.

That scores you 60, Doreen.

-Richard.

-That's a huge score, isn't it? Very surprising.

Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, from Dirty Dancing.

It won the Oscar in 1988.

Thanks very much, Richard. OK - so now, Elly...

Mm-hm.

Elly, there are now four songs left on the board.

Do you know which films they come from?

I know which songs

THREE of them come from,

but I think that of the ones I know

hopefully the lowest points is going to be

Nobody Does It Better from The Spy Who Loved Me.

From The Spy Who Loved Me -

let's see if that's right, Elly,

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

It's right!

Very good...

APPLAUSE

The Spy Who Loved Me scores you 8. Richard...

Yeah, another very good answer. Carly Simon, of course, from 1977,

from The Spy Who Loved Me.

Let's see the rest of the board. We've already had the biggest answer

which was (I've Had) The Time Of My Life.

Over The Rainbow was of course from The Wizard Of Oz,

would have scored you a fairly hefty 57.

(Everything I Do) I Do It For You was from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves,

also would have been a big score, 47,

and When You Wish Upon A Star - it was Pinocchio -

would have scored you 18.

So we had the biggest answer and the two smallest answers in that round.

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

Myth - fabulous low score, 7.

Similarly Elly -

lovely low score there, 8 points.

-Doreen, you knew them all, I think. Most of them, anyway.

-I did, yes.

I mean, who'd have known that that was going to be the high scoring one?

Yvonne, you'll have to find a really low score.

OK, can the second players please take their places at the podium.

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

I'll read those again...

Remember, we are looking for the films that these songs are from, and

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

So, Ray...

you are 52 points

behind Yvonne and Doreen.

What does that board look to you like?

I'm going for one of my favourite songs -

Moon River's from Breakfast At Tiffany's.

Moon River, Breakfast at Tiffany's -

Roxx is nodding hard at that, it's his favourite film.

On the tour bus,

they play it on a loop...

GIGGLING

There is your red line -

below that, you're through to the head-to-head.

You are saying Moon River from Breakfast At Tiffany's.

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

Very well done, Ray.

Very well done.

That scores you 14, takes your total up to 22.

Richard, Moon River.

Yeah, very well done, Ray.

A great song, a great score seeing you through to the next round very safely.

Won the Oscar in 1962.

OK, very good. Moon River, well done, Ray.

Now, Yvonne.

You're the front runners on 60.

You have to score as low as you possibly can.

Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head, I think,

is from Butch Cassidy And the Sundance Kid.

You're saying Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head,

Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid. There's no red line for you

as you're the front runners, the high scorers.

Let's see if that's right and let's hope hardly anyone thought of it.

33, that scores you, taking your total up to 93.

-Richard, Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid.

-Very good answer.

It actually won the Best Song Oscar in 1970.

Burt Bacharach, of course.

Burt Bacharach and Hal David, yeah.

Indeed, there we are. OK, now then, Roxx.

You're on 7. If you can score 85

or less with your answer, you're through to the head-to-head.

We're looking for the films that these songs have come from.

I'm going to go for, I think it'll be less than 85,

Circle Of Life, the Lion King.

Circle Of life, Lion King, you're saying.

You're hoping that scores you less than 85.

Here's your red line. If you get below that,

Circle Of Life will see you through to the head-to-head.

OK, let's see if that's right and how many people said it.

It's right and good enough.

Very good, 58.

Takes your total up to 65. Richard...

Yeah, very good knowledge of the Lion King for a hard rocker, I have to say. Very impressive!

Let's have a look at the others.

My Heart Will Go On, absolutely, was from Titanic but would have scored you a fairly hefty 66 points.

-Do you know what Maniac is from?

-Is it Flashdance?

It's Flashdance, very well done.

Would have scored you 10 points.

-Now, Jai Ho is a pointless answer.

-No!

If you got it at home, well done. Would have scored you £250.

It is of course from Slumdog Millionaire.

OK, thank you, Richard.

So at the end of Round Two, the losing pair with the highest score,

I'm afraid it's Yvonne and Doreen.

-AUDIENCE: Aw!

-Dear, oh, dear.

-Never mind.

What are all the people in the ladies' club going to think of this?

They'll be chucking bits of Victoria sponge at the telly as we speak.

Voted off the committee, for definite.

That's never going to happen!

-Anyway, we'll see you again next time. You've been lovely contestants, thank you.

-Thank you.

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

APPLAUSE AND CHEERS

So, well done, Ray and Elly, Roxx and Myth.

You've made it through to the head-to-head. Only one pair

can make it through to today's final and play for the jackpot,

which currently stands...

at £4,000.

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

For each question, each pair must give me one answer and you're now allowed to confer.

All you have to do is come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair to win that question.

The pair who get the best of three will be playing for today's jackpot. Right, let's play Pointless.

APPLAUSE

Here's your first question.

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

as they could. Richard...

OK, specifically we're looking for any person who has ever been married to one

of Queen Elizabeth II's children, their first name and surname before they were married.

There are six names on the list and we're looking for those people up to the start of 2011.

Try it at home and see if you can get all six of them.

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

We're looking for the names of royal spouses. What are you going to say?

THEY CONFER

The best one that we can think of is Sarah Ferguson.

Sarah Ferguson, OK. Roxx and Myth...

I'm not too confident on this but Phil tells me he's got three.

-Yeah, and one of them's gone. Sarah Ferguson.

-Only that one.

There's the obvious one, Diana Spencer.

The only other one I can think of, probably be our best shot, would be Camilla Parker Bowles

and hope that people didn't remember her full surname.

Camilla Parker Bowles. So we have Sarah Ferguson and Camilla Parker Bowles.

Let's take them in the order they were given. Ray and Elly said Sarah Ferguson.

Let's see how many people said that.

35 for Sarah Ferguson.

Roxx and Myth are going with Camilla Parker Bowles. Let's see how many people said that.

Oh, it's good!

Very good indeed, Roxx and Myth.

So after the first question, it's 1-0 to Roxx and Myth.

-Richard.

-Well played, but there were three answers that would have beaten Camilla Parker Bowles.

Many people at home will have got all of these, so let's take a look.

Right at the bottom of the list, perhaps surprisingly,

is Sophie Rhys-Jones, who married Edward in 1999.

There's Anne's two husbands, Timothy Laurence, who she married in '92,

and Mark Phillips, in '73.

That would have scored you 24 points.

Camilla Parker Bowles, 29, Sarah Ferguson, 35,

and Diana Spencer, surprisingly low, 49 points.

Thanks very much, Richard.

So here is your second question, Ray and Elly.

If Roxx and Myth get this one, they're through to the final.

OK, we gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

..as they could.

Elements that are gases at room temperature. Richard...

Yeah, we're looking for any element on the periodic table

-that is a gas at room temperature.

-Glad you're here!

-Thanks!

LAUGHTER

OK, now Roxx and Myth, you go first on this one.

-Right, well, I'm a science teacher.

-Are you?!

-Yes.

-Well, you might have let...

-Hold it, time out.

-He's a science teacher!

-Part-time.

-You kept that one quiet.

-You're not a science... Are you "Mr Roxx"?!

Yeah, some kids call me that.

-But they like the music so it's all right.

-Very good.

Um, yeah, we'll just... I'll go for fluorine.

Fluorine.

Right, Ray and Elly, we're looking for elements that are gases at room temperature.

OK, I'm going to go with my GCSE knowledge of the noble gases

and hope that means they are gases at room temperature, and say xenon.

Xenon. Roxx likes xenon.

-But does he like it because it's wrong?

-He might like it because it's his favourite song on the set list!

"Two, three, four...!"

Sorry.

OK...we have fluorine and we have xenon.

Let's take them in the order they were given. Roxx and Myth

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

Apple for the teacher if it's right.

Oh, it's good... Oh! Four points.

Very well done, Roxx, I'm impressed. Ray and Elly have gone for xenon.

You have to get four or lower

to stay in the game.

LAUGHTER

OK, xenon, you said.

Let's see how many people said xenon.

It's right.

Is it going to get down?

Oh, my God!

Ray, how impressed are you with your daughter?

-I'm VERY impressed. Brilliant.

-She was up against a Sir!

OK, so no-one scores a point from that.

-OK.

-There will be a new question and a new category. But before that, Richard...

There are only two answers that would have beaten the answers you gave us.

Let's take a look at them...

Radon, a radioactive chemical element, so don't accidentally put it in your bath.

That would have scored you 2.

Krypton would have scored you 2 as well.

There's fluorine and xenon on 4. Chlorine 6, neon 14.

Some of the big gases coming up now...

HE READS OUT THE LIST

..and our old friend, oxygen...

-Yours and mine.

-..with 76.

Right, well, here is your third question.

The pressure's not off, Ray and Elly.

If Roxx and Myth win this, they're through to the jackpot final.

You have to win this one to stay in the game.

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

..as they could.

Chart-topping Eurovision Winners. Richard...

We're looking for any act which has won the Eurovision Song Contest then gone on to have

a number one UK hit with that same song, up to the start of 2011.

We're looking for the name of the act rather than the name of the song.

Ray and Elly, what are you going to go for?

Unfortunately, we can only think of a few that fit into this category, and we're going to say Sandie Shaw.

-Sandie Shaw.

-Yeah.

Roxx and Myth...

We're going to have a punt with Katrina And The Waves.

Katrina And The Waves, you're going to say.

So we have Sandie Shaw, we have Katrina And The Waves.

Let's see if Sandie Shaw is right and if it is how many people said Sandie Shaw, Ray and Elly.

It's a good answer, look at that.

17 for Sandie Shaw.

-I wasn't brave enough to go for Katrina And The Waves.

-Roxx and Myth have gone for Katrina And The Waves.

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

Oh!

Bad luck.

That's an incorrect answer. So, at the end of our thrilling third question, it is 1-1.

-Richard...

-Katrina And The Waves did win Eurovision with Love Shine A Light,

but it only got to number three in the charts, it wasn't a number one single.

Let's take a look at all the answers there.

There are four answers that would have won it.

Nicole, the German girl who sang A Little Peace, 2 points.

Dana, 6 points, Johnny Logan 8 points,

of course, with What's Another Year.

Brotherhood of Man, Save All Your Kisses For Me, 13.

Sandie Shaw there with 17, Puppet On A String.

Bucks Fizz, Making Your Mind Up, 37, and Abba, Waterloo, 58 points.

-Very well done if you got all of them.

-OK, thank you, Richard. Here is your next question.

Whoever wins this question

is through to the final.

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

..as they could.

Tricky one. They're easy to name, but which is the most obscure?

We're looking for any of the six different chess pieces that are on the board at the start of a game.

Which of those is the most obscure?

Roxx and Myth to go first.

We think the most obscure one...

We think we've got the lot but we're going to go with rook

as our answer.

OK, you're going for rook. Ray and Elly, rook is off the board.

We don't want to say king, queen or pawn, so I think we're going to go with bishop.

We have rook and we have bishop.

OK, let's see how rook fared. Roxx and Myth said rook. Let's see how many people said that.

AUDIENCE: Oh!

-No way!

-Well, they're all going to be high-scoring, if you think about it.

Ray and Elly have gone for bishop.

Let's see how many people said bishop.

This is to get through to the final.

If you beat 96...

You've done it! 80.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERS

So, after four questions,

Ray and Elly are through to the final, 2-1. Richard...

High-scoring category. Bishop was the best answer you could have given.

Let's take a look at all six of them and how they scored...

HE READS OUT LOWEST ITEMS ON LIST

You were right to avoid king, queen and pawn. They would have scored

99, 99, and - that rarest of things on Pointless, we've seen it three times ever - queen got 100.

Thanks, Richard. So, the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid, it's Roxx and Myth.

-You did so well there.

-We were doing all right, yeah.

Really impressive head-to-head round. That was fantastic. Very impressed by fluorine.

You'll be back next time, so we'll get to play more with you then,

-which will be fun, but thanks very much, meanwhile, you've been great contestants.

-Cheers.

But, for Ray and Elly, it's now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win our jackpot of £4,000.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERS

So, massive congratulations, Ray and Elly.

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

APPLAUSE AND CHEERS

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, in case you'd forgotten, the jackpot stands at £4,000.

The rules are very simple.

To win the money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer, an answer no-one else could think of.

We've had one pointless answer on the show today,

you only need to find one more and you'll go home with all that money.

First you have to choose a category from these three options.

And you may have...

Oh, God!

Not boxing.

-Not boxing.

-Fashion, up to you. Otherwise let's try Literary Awards.

Let's try Literary Awards.

Literary Awards. OK, well,

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

..as they could.

Booker Prize Winners Born Outside The UK. Richard's going to fill us in.

Up to and including the 2010 prize,

there have been 22 Booker Prize winners who have been born outside of the UK.

We're looking for any one of them. Very, very best of luck.

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

and all you need to win that £4,000 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Your 60 seconds start now.

-Good Lord.

-Right.

-What are you got?

Anita Brookner won it for Hotel Du Lac, I don't know where she was born.

Monica Ali won it for Brick Lane.

I'm not sure, she might have done.

Jung Chang, did she win for Wild Swans?

I don't remember that, don't remember that.

McEwan, Alex... Ian McEwan won for Hotel...

No, for Amsterdam, but I don't know where he was born.

Whoever wrote Remains Of The Day, it's an Indian name, but I can't remember...

Nor do I. Who wrote The Life Of Pi?

Yeah, that was a Booker Prize.

-What's he called?

-I don't know.

Oh, God. I can't think of that one at all.

-Let's try Anita Brookner cos she might have been born...

-OK, and let's try Monica Ali.

-OK, for Brick Lane.

-Um... And have we got anything else?

-If we haven't, we'll just have to say Jung Chang.

-Yeah, for Wild Swans. Let's do those three.

OK, your minute is up.

We were looking for Booker Prize Winners Born Outside The UK, I now need your three answers.

We're going to say, "June" or sort of "Juang" Chang for Wild Swans,

-Monica Ali, and...

-Anita Brookner.

OK, of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

The only one I know for sure was Anita Brookner, she won for Hotel Du Lac.

-Anita Brookner. OK, so we'll put her third.

-Yeah.

And which is your least confident?

-Maybe Monica Ali.

-OK, so we'll put Monica Ali first.

Let's put those up on the board,

this was the answer you were least confident in being pointless, Monica Ali.

Next came Jung Chang.

And, finally, we had Anita Brookner, your most confident answer.

OK. There they are. How do they look on the board?

-OK.

-Right, we are looking for Winners Of The Booker Prize Born Outside The UK.

This was your least confident answer. You only need to find

one pointless answer to win that £4,000 jackpot.

OK, so let's see how many people said Monica Ali.

This for £4,000.

AUDIENCE: Aw!

Unfortunately, that was an incorrect answer, therefore not pointless.

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

£4,000, what would you spend it on?

-A family holiday.

-Mm-hm.

Well, let's hope Jung Chang will set you on your way.

This has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot.

For £4,000, let's see how many people said Jung Chang.

Ah!

-I thought so.

-Bad luck. That is also an incorrect answer.

You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.

How are you feeling about Anita Brookner?

That Fashion was looking pretty good!

OK, we are looking for Winners Of The Booker Prize Born Outside The UK.

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

This has to be pointless. Anita Brookner, there it is.

This is your last shot at today's jackpot of £4,000. Anita Brookner.

Ooh! Bad luck!

Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer, so I'm afraid you don't win

today's jackpot of £4,000, which rolls over to the next show. But you have been amazing contestants

and you do of course get to take home our Pointless trophy. Very important.

-So, Richard, what were the pointless answers?

-That was really tough luck. They were three pretty good answers,

all slightly wrong for different reasons. Anita Brookner won it, but she was born in the UK.

Monica Ali was born in Bangladesh but was only nominated for the Booker, she never actually won it.

Jung Chang was never nominated. There are some names on the board that will annoy you a bit.

There are some you could have got. Ben Okri won for The Famished Road.

DBC Pierre won in the year that Monica Ali was nominated for Vernon God Little.

Iris Murdoch, of course, is from Dublin, so she'd have been a pointless answer.

Very well done if you got those at home.

JM Coetzee won it twice.

Kazuo Ishiguro, Remains Of The Day, would have been a great answer,

and Margaret Atwood was a pointless answer. Xander...

Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, Ray and Elly, but it's been wonderful having you

on the show. You've been fantastic contestants. Thank you both so much.

Nobody has won our jackpot today so it rolls over, which means on the next show we'll be playing for...

£5,000.

-Join us next time to see if someone could win it. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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