Episode 12 Pointless

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

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

the show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.

Let's meet today's players.

Welcome, Luke and Nyil first. How do you two know each other?

We're at Uni together. We met just after Freshers' Week a couple of years ago

through a mutual appreciation of the college bar!

Why did you apply to be on Pointless?

Funny you should ask that.

We happened to bump into Richard outside our local supermarket

-and we were both really excited and thought, "We're going on that show!"

-He was the inspiration.

-Do you remember this? Do you recall it?

-Do I remember it?!

Course I remember.

You don't forget guys like um...

-..guys like Luke and Nyil!

-No,

-I think they'll go all the way.

-I do, too. Larry and Nick will go all the way!

-Best of luck to the pair of you.

-Thank you.

Next, we welcome Nick and Louise. How do you know each other?

We go back a long way. We met first in school, a long time ago - I'm not telling you how long!

-That's amazing.

-I know.

And remained friends all that time?

-No.

-I didn't say that!

-Oh, I see!

He gets on my nerves and he'll probably have a few elbow digs today!

Good luck to the pair of you. Great to have you here.

Next, we welcome Emma and Sarah.

How do you know each other?

Me and Emma know each other from high school. We met when we were 12,

through mutual friends, but we didn't get along to start with.

We had an awkward relationship.

Then when we were 16, things clicked and now we're best friends.

Very good. Up until you appeared on that quiz show and it all fell apart again!

Best of luck to the pair of you.

Finally, Andy and Phil. You were on the show last time.

Everybody gets two cracks at the final. This is your second and final chance.

-How did you do?

-We got through to the head-to-head.

But we came a-cropper with dead pop stars!

Dead pop stars and their number ones.

-Yep.

-Dear, oh, dear.

-What are your strong categories?

-Food and drink would be good.

Gastronomy, wine, travel.

Yes, food and drink, gastronomy. Very good subjects.

Best of luck to the pair of you.

We'll find out more about you during the show.

One person left to introduce. He regularly dines at the table of obscurity

where the menu is a selection of unusual facts and figures. What?!

He's my Pointless friend, he's Richard.

Hello!

-Hiya.

-You dine at that table, do you?

I rarely dine out. That's why I go to supermarkets!

-Of course.

-I hang out outside them.

That's where nearly all our contestants come from, people you've met on excursions.

That is exactly right. We've only got one returning pair today,

but a very strong returning pair.

Andy and Phil will be very hard to beat, I suspect.

Although people from South Wales always do very well.

The other pairs are students, so they've just got up!

So I suspect anything could happen.

The first question today is a real stinker. I think it's really tough.

OK.

Andy laughs in the face of toughness!

Very good. We put all our questions to 100 people before the show.

But this is Pointless, so we're after the obscure answers.

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

When that happens, we add £250 to the jackpot.

Maxine and Matt won the jackpot last time so today's jackpot starts at £1,000.

Right. Let's play Pointless!

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

and you cannot confer.

The team with the highest score will be eliminated. Be careful that's not you.

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

OK. Our first category this afternoon is...

Nationalities. Can you decide in your pairs who's going first

and who's going second?

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

Nationalities ending in "..ese". Richard?

We're after countries whose inhabitants are known in English by a name ending in "..ese".

By country we mean, as always, a member of the UN which is a sovereign state in its own right

up to the start of 2011.

Told you it was hard.

-You're thinking?

-I'm busy thinking. With you in a second!

Right. Nyil and Luke, you drew lots earlier. Today you get to go first.

-Nyil, you're first up.

-Yes.

What are you thinking?

I'm thinking about Emmanuel Adebayor, which reminded me of the nationality Togolese.

Very good. Togolese.

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

Let's see if it's right.

It's right.

Down it goes!

Very, very well done!

Very well done indeed. That scores you one point.

-Richard.

-A perfect example of how sport can teach you about general knowledge. Geography and so on.

Emmanuel Adebayor is indeed Togolese.

Very good. Good score. Louise?

I think I'm going to say...

Sorry, Nick, if it's wrong,

Siamese. I hope it's not just a cat!

As in Siamese twins.

Cat as in Siamese twins?

No, as in Siamese twins that are conjoined,

but it's also a cat.

-It is a cat. Is it a nationality recognised by the UN?

-I'm not sure.

You're hoping to score as few points as possible.

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

Bad luck!

That scores you the maximum of 100 points, I'm afraid.

Sorry. Richard?

It's now Thailand, Siam.

Bad luck, Louise. So we come to you, Emma.

-Hello!

-Hello, Emma.

We are looking for nationalities ending in "..ese".

I can think of a few, but I'm thinking of more obvious ones.

-Right.

-Um...

I was thinking of going for Portuguese.

That might be a right answer. Let's see if it is and if so, how many people said Portuguese.

It's right.

It's under 50, at 37!

Not a bad score at all in the end, Emma.

Portuguese, Richard.

Very good answer.

We call people from Portugal Portuguese, don't we?

We do.

Although if we know them, we call them by their Christian name!

Very well done, Emma. Andy?

I think I'm going to go to a different part of the world from other folks.

-I'm going to go for Lebanese.

-Very good.

Let's see if Lebanese is going to stand you in good stead.

You're hoping to score as few points as possible.

How many people said Lebanese?

There we are. It's right.

26.

Not a bad score at all, Andy. Richard, what else can you say other than it's correct?

Yes, that's correct.

-That's correct.

-Lebanese.

-Yeah, Lebanese.

-People from Lebanon.

Lebanonglish you can call them as well. No, you can't.

-No.

-In the absence of anything else to say.

We're halfway through the round.

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

Nyil, what an answer!

What an answer. One.

Fabulous answer.

Then Andy. A fabulous answer there. The Lebanon. Emma,

37. Portuguese. Who'd have thought?

Fabulous low score

in comparison to...

-Siamese. It was a good thought, it just happened to be wrong.

-I should have played safe.

Sadly, you scored 100. So Nick,

you have to try and find a really low-scoring answer.

-Have you got one?

-Who knows?

Well, we will, soon!

Let's hope it's a pointless answer and somebody else scores high.

We'll then see you in the next round.

Can the second players take their places at the podium?

OK. We're looking for nationalities ending in "..ese".

-Phil?

-I'm torn between gambling and perhaps finding something very low,

or maybe a middling safe answer to get through.

If you can score 73 or less, you're through to the next round.

I know that will probably tempt you to go for the easy middling score.

-Yes.

-Rather than the exciting and fun...

-I'm going to go for the exciting and fun.

-Well done, Phil.

-Because I think I've eaten in a restaurant...

-I hoped it would be food related.

-..in Amsterdam.

-Yes.

And it was Surinamese.

Surinamese. There's your red line. If you get below that with Surinamese,

it will see you through to the next round.

Is it right, and if so, how many people said it?

It's right.

Well done, Phil, you've gone through the line.

I think this might go down a long way.

Yes!

That's a pointless answer.

It adds 250 quid to today's jackpot, taking our total up to 1,250

and most importantly it scores you nothing, giving you a total of 26. Richard?

Brilliant, Phil. Well done. Great answer. Suriname was Dutch Guyana.

-Lots of footballers of Surinamese descent. Ruud Gullit is probably the most famous.

-There we are.

-Yes.

We are looking for nationalities ending in "..ese". Sarah.

You are on 37. The highest scorers are Nick and Louise on 100.

If you can score 62 or less with this,

we will be seeing you in the next round. What are you thinking?

OK. I'm going to go very safe.

I'm going to go for...

..Japanese.

-Japanese.

-Yes.

You have to get below 62. There's your red line.

Emma, what are you thinking? Do you think Japanese will get us there?

Might do. I'm not sure. It might just get us there.

-Or it might not.

-It might just.

Fingers tightly crossed. Let's see how many people said Japanese.

Will it get you through to the next round?

Bad luck. That scores you 67, giving a total of 104.

Richard?

A big score, but probably the right thing to do. Better than taking a risk and getting 100.

-It puts the pressure on the next pair now.

-Absolutely. Yes,

Nick, you're back in the game.

-Score three or less with this answer...

-Yes!

..and you are home and dry.

So, eaten anywhere nice recently?

Um... I had a nice "Israel-ese" once, and an "Iraq-ese"

but the one I've been thinking of, Nepalese.

Nepalese.

There's your red line, just above the ground.

LAUGHTER

We have to hope that Nepalese can get you down there.

Are you hopeful, Louise?

-No.

-Thanks(!)

Sorry! I think it'll be about seven.

Right. Let's see.

How many people said Nepalese?

There's your red line.

Ooh, it's close!

Not bad at all!

Not a bad answer, Nick.

It scores you ten. Gives you a total of 110.

It's a really good answer, Nick,

just ten points. Louise, you'll have to take some of the blame for this.

All of it. All of it. I'll tell you a story in a minute, after the boys choose.

-No, no, you...

-No, I can't, because it'll give another answer.

My mother-in-law was born there, and I'm like...

Ah, are you thinking of Swansea General Hospital?

That's the one!

Now, then, Luke. Luke, Luke, Luke.

-The stage is set. You cannot lose.

-Great news.

You can take the biggest risk of your life here, Luke.

I've got three in my head, two of which are definitely not pointless.

-One I might have made up, so I'm going to go for it.

-Good.

I'm going to go for Congolese!

-Congolese.

-Yeah.

-Wasn't she in George Bush's last cabinet?

LAUGHTER

OK, might it equal Nyil's excellent score of one? Congolese.

How many people said Congolese?

It's right.

Very good.

Down it goes.

It goes over the six, taking your total up to seven. Richard?

Yes, Congolese is the name of people from Congo and from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Two different countries. Very good answer.

-What was the country you were thinking of, Louise?

-She was born in Malta.

You'd have scored 26 points and safely through to the next round.

There were five pointless answers. We've had one from Phil - Surinamese.

Bhutan - Bhutanese. I can't believe you didn't get that!

Kiribati. They're called Gilbertese, people from Kiribati.

Something to remember.

The Marshall Islands, they're called Marshallese.

San Marino - San Marinese.

And Suriname. Surinamese.

Well done if you got a pointless answer.

Let's take a look at the worst answers, the ones most people said.

The bottom two we've already seen from Emma and Sarah. Portugal and Japan.

Right at the top of the list, no surprises, China, with 83. Chinese.

Thanks, Richard. After Round One, the losing pair with the highest score

-I'm afraid is Nick and Louise. You see, Maltese...

-Maltese.

-That's a dog.

-And nearly a sweet!

And a cross, of course. Are you cross?

I don't think you need to ask!

Listen, we'll see you again next time, which is great news.

I look forward to seeing you and what you do with Round One next time we play!

-Thank you so much.

-Thank you.

For the remaining three pairs, time for Round Two.

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

so one of our teams will leave at the end of this round

disappointed.

Our category in Round Two is...

Can you decide in your pairs who goes first and who second?

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

OK. Our Round Two question concerns duos and their songs. Duos and their songs.

Phil not sure about that. Andy, I think, pleased with that.

In this round, we'll show you a list of people who've had top ten hits as a duo

in the years shown. We asked 100 people to tell us the names of their hits.

-Richard?

-We're going to show you six duos on each pass.

If you can get a nice obscure one, you'll score fewer points.

If you give a wrong answer, you score 100 points.

See how many you can get at home.

Thanks, Richard. We're after the names of these duos' hits.

Here we go. We have got...

Luke, you're first to address the board.

How are you on the hit parade?

I don't know! I'm all right with hits from the last few years.

Which means I only know one answer on that board.

Which is the answer I'll go for!

Estelle and Kanye West, 2008.

I believe it's American Boy.

-American Boy.

-Yeah.

A beatific smile from Luke.

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

Well, it's right.

It's good!

Fantastic answer. Brilliant score. Six points. Richard?

Yes, American Boy, written by Estelle. She won a Grammy for it.

-Rightly so, in my opinion.

-So what did Kanye bring to the party?

He raps on it. It won the Grammy for Best Rap, so...

I'll eat my words. Kanye, I apologise!

-Sarah.

-Yes.

I genuinely was going to go for Estelle and Kanye West.

-There's only one other one on there that I know.

-Right.

I'm sure it'll be the most high-scoring one on the board.

I'm going for Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, Especially For You.

-Were you around when that came out?

-I wasn't quite, but it's such a fantastic song,

-that I've heard it since then.

-It is a fantastic song, isn't it?

Right. Let's see how many people said Especially For You, Kylie and Jason.

It's right.

37.

-Especially For You, Richard?

-You weren't born in 1988, Sarah?

-I wasn't born in 1988. 1990.

-Wow.

That sound you hear is a nation of over-40s, sighing.

But right answer, so well done.

Phil. Remember, we're looking for the songs that these duos sang.

Do you want all the answers?

-If you want, then pick one.

-Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton - Islands in the Stream.

Massive hit, so it might be popular.

Aretha Franklin and George Michael - I Knew You Were Waiting.

Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush - Don't Give Up.

And Marc Almond and Gene Pitney, that's the one I'm going for.

Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart.

Oh, Andy's very impressed with that as well.

This could be a low score. Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart.

How many people said it?

Well, it's right.

I think this could go a long way down.

15 points. Richard?

Well played, Phil.

You went through the board perfectly.

You could have gone one better with Don't Give Up.

Well done if you got all of those.

Thanks, Richard. We're halfway through the round. Let's see the scores.

Luke and Nyil, once again you've done it.

Halfway through the round you have the best, the lowest score.

Then we come to Phil and Andy, 15.

Very nice low score there.

Sarah and Emma, 37. Not a terrible score by any means.

Emma, you'll have to pull one out of the bag in the next pass.

-I'll try!

-To make it through to the head-to-head.

Can the second players please take their places at the podium.

OK. Six more duos on the board. We have got...

We're looking for their hits.

You're after the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Andy. Again, I think, you're going to be very strong here.

Well, having the advantage of middle age,

I'm going to make a fool of myself by speaking French on television!

Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg,

their big number one hit was called Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus.

Very good. You're on 15.

Should you score 21 or less,

you are straight through to the head-to-head with...

Now I've got to speak French!

Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus.

Below that red line, you're through to the head-to-head.

Is it correct, and how many people said it?

It's correct.

Ooh!

27, it scored.

That gives you a total of 42.

You are, for now, our highest scorers, but the others have yet to answer.

-Richard?

-Pretty big score. A big hit from 1969.

-Do I have to speak French?

-Si tu veux!

Ah, oui.

-Serge Gainsbourg.

-"Gainsbourg".

-Oui.

Wah!

Allons-y!

Vite! Alors!

Emma.

37, you are. Should you score four or less with this answer,

you'll definitely be through to the head-to-head.

-What's the board looking like to you?

-I can't really think of any on the board!

-Really?

-I know there's some that I should know.

But I just can't... I've gone blank.

I think I was going for the most recent one. I should know this.

Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg.

I'm going to go for...

Oh, it's going to be wrong. California Girls.

California Girls, said with such gusto there!

If it isn't right, it really should be.

There's your red line, quite a long way down.

But who knows? Maybe Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg will take you there.

It's right.

Very well done!

Ooh!

That scores you nine.

A very impressive low score, giving a total of 46.

-Richard?

-Well played, Emma. You pulled that from somewhere.

Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg.

-She's now married to Russell Brand.

-Yes.

And Snoop Dogg is married to Cat Deeley!

So it's Snoop Deeley?

-Come on.

-Cat Dogg. Yes, all right.

Cat Dogg.

That really was the thickest thing I've ever said!

-The thickest...

-Man, oh, man, has that got some competition!

So, then, Nyil, thanks to Luke, you are on six. Lovely low score.

You have a 39-point margin before you trouble the high scorers here.

We are looking for the songs that these duos sang.

It's a struggle. I knew the Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg one

but I'm afraid I don't know any of them.

I'll have to go for a song I know Frank Sinatra did.

I hope it was with Nancy Sinatra.

And that's My Way.

-You're going to say My Way.

-Yeah.

-Emma and Sarah,

what's your feeling at this point?

I don't want to sound horrible, but I really hope it's wrong!

There's your red line. If My Way gets you below that line,

you are through to the head-to-head. Is it right

and if it is, how many people said My Way for Frank and Nancy Sinatra?

Unfortunately, Nyil,

that is an incorrect answer.

You've scored a maximum of 100 points giving you a total of 106.

Richard?

One of the few occasions on Pointless where saying "Something stupid" would have seen you through.

Somethin' Stupid would have scored 16 points.

The big scorer up there is Elton John and Kiki Dee.

-Don't Go Breaking My Heart would have scored a hefty 48 points.

-48?

Diana Ross and Lionel Richie - Endless Love.

Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes - Love Lifts Us Up Where We Belong.

-13?!

-Also scored 13, yes.

You'd think that would be higher?

Higher than Don't Go Breaking My Heart. Elton, no offence.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of Round Two,

the losing pair with the highest score is Nyil and Luke.

One of those awful rounds. You either know it or you don't.

What would you have loved to have come up?

I enjoyed the first round. I was all right on that. Yeah, just a shame.

Just a shame. We'll see you, of course, next time,

when I'm sure you'll go a lot further. You've been great contestants. Thanks.

For the remaining pairs, things get more exciting in the head-to-head.

Well done, Andy and Phil, Emma and Sarah.

You're through to the head-to-head.

Only one pair can make it to the final and play for the jackpot which stands at...

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

Each question, each pair needs to give me just one answer and you may now confer.

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

The pair who get the best of three will play for today's jackpot.

Let's play Pointless!

First question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

Wives of post-war US presidents.

-Richard?

-We want the name of any wife of any US president

from the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945

through to the start of 2011.

They have to have been wives of the president while he was in office.

We'll accept given names or names by which they were better known.

Thanks, Richard. Andy and Phil, as you played best in the show so far, you go first.

Wives of post-war US presidents.

-I think I have convinced.

-Good!

You looked happy with that as a category.

We'll go for Laura Bush.

Laura Bush.

Emma and Sarah?

Laura Bush is no longer available.

-This isn't our strong point!

-Not at all.

I think we might have to go for Michelle Obama.

Yeah. We should go for that.

-Definitely.

-OK. It's not a strong answer, but to stop ourselves looking silly,

we'll go for Michelle Obama.

OK. We've got Laura Bush and Michelle Obama.

In the order they were given, Andy and Phil, how many people said Laura Bush?

It was right.

Eight people said Laura Bush.

Emma and Sarah have said Michelle Obama. Is that right, and how many people said it?

Down it goes!

Not a bad score, all things considered, for Michelle Obama.

After the first question, Andy and Phil are ahead one-nil.

There were 12 possible answers.

I know some people at home will have got all of them.

Two of them were pointless.

Well done if you said those.

Very good. Thanks very much. OK, here is your second question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

Multiple world snooker champions. Emma and Sarah?

-World snooker champions.

-Playing into your hands!

Any of the eight men who've won the world snooker championship more than once

since it reverted to a knock-out tournament in 1969 up to the beginning of 2011.

Thanks, Richard. Emma and Sarah, you get to go first.

INAUDIBLE CONFERRING

-OK.

-We have an answer.

I have heard of a chap

called Paul Hunt.

I'm not sure if that's actually his name

and I'm not sure if he plays snooker!

LAUGHTER

I'm not sure if he's won any snooker championships.

-I'll tell you what, it's a name.

-It's definitely a name.

Paul Hunt. Now,

Andy and Phil, Paul Hunt is off the table!

-That's a relief!

-If you wanted to play, he's off.

-I'm not so sure about him.

-No, we'll go for Hendry.

We'll go for Stephen Hendry.

Stephen Hendry. We have Paul Hunt, we have Stephen Hendry. OK. Paul Hunt,

let's see. Do you exist and if you do, how many people knew your name?

Bad luck.

Andy and Phil have gone with Stephen Hendry. All it has to be is correct.

Stephen Hendry.

It's right.

65 people said Stephen Hendry, but as I say, it only needed to be correct.

Which means, after two questions, Andy and Phil are through in straight sets to the final.

Richard?

Paul Hunt is not the worst thing you could have said. It's Paul Hunter.

He won the Masters a few times, never won the world title and sadly passed away much too young.

But there are eight answers up here. Let's take a look at all of them.

Mark Williams won it twice, he's from Wales.

John Spencer won three times.

John Higgins has won it three times up to 2011.

Alex Higgins won it twice.

Ronnie O'Sullivan and Ray Reardon. Reardon won it six times.

Hendry won it seven times.

And Steve Davis also won it six times.

Well done if you got all eight of them.

Thanks, Richard.

So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid, is Emma and Sarah.

No!

They were really tough categories. Snooker, for heaven's sake!

-Yeah.

-Not our speciality!

-No, not our specialist subject.

It was a specialist one, that.

And presidents' wives also quite tough. Well,

we'll see you next time. This is only your first shot at the final.

Everyone gets two cracks at it. We'll see you then, when I hope you do even better.

Thanks for playing - great contestants.

For Andy and Phil, it's time for our Pointless final

and the chance to win our jackpot of £1,250.

Very well done, Andy and Phil.

You've fought off the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy. Well done!

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

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

To win that money, you just have to find a pointless answer no-one else could think of.

We've had one pointless answer on the show today, that was yours, Phil.

You only need one more pointless answer to get that money. First, choose a category.

The three options are...

What do you think of those?

I think it's a bit of a no-brainer for us!

It's cycling, isn't it?

LAUGHTER

-Film stars.

-Film stars.

-Between you,

you cover quite a lot of ground in film.

OK. What would you love the question to be? What would be your dream question?

Ooh, Bette Davis films.

Bette Davis. And you, Andy?

She made a lot. Bette Davis films with Joan Crawford in them would be even better!

Let's see what that question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many Pierce Brosnan films as they could.

-Richard?

-Any feature film made for cinema release for which Pierce Brosnan received an acting credit,

including voice acting.

No short films, documentaries, TV films or things where he played himself.

But any feature film for which Pierce Brosnan received an acting credit.

This is up to the beginning of 2011.

You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers

and all you need to win that £1,250 jackpot

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Your 60 seconds start now.

James Bond films.

I can't remember the names of the Bond films he was in.

-Angela's Ashes. Was he a father in Angela's Ashes?

-No idea.

Is he in a film called The Matador?

Quite possibly!

-I've got a feeling he's in a film called The Matador.

-OK.

But what are the Bond films?

Tomorrow Never Dies? Is that one?

Maybe, yes. I'm not a Bond expert, as you know.

Or a Pierce Brosnan expert!

-He's in Mamma Mia, isn't he?

-Everybody's seen that. Apart from us!

Something else obscure and a bit Irish.

-One of those Roddy Doyle films or something?

-No idea.

Is he a villain in something like one of those big action films

-where they get non-Americans to be villains?

-Not a villain.

I've got a feeling he's in a film called The Matador. You say Angela's Ashes.

-Five seconds left.

-We'll have a go on that Bond film.

-Which one?

-Tomorrow Never Dies.

There's your minute.

We're looking for Pierce Brosnan films. I need your three answers.

-The Matador.

-The Matador.

-Tomorrow Never Dies.

-Tomorrow Never Dies.

-And Angela's Ashes.

-Angela's Ashes.

Of those, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Matador?

-I think The Matador.

-The Matador last?

-Yeah.

And you're least confident on...

I know he's in James Bond films, but I can't remember what they were called.

-Tomorrow Never Dies is one.

-Tomorrow Never Dies, Angela's Ashes, and The Matador.

Those are your three answers in your prescribed order.

OK. This was your least confident answer.

Your first shot at the Pointless jackpot.

It has to be a pointless answer for you to win that £1,250.

How many people said Tomorrow Never Dies?

Well, it's right. We knew it was.

This will give us some indication of what our 100 people knew.

The further down it goes, the better it looks for your subsequent answers.

Look at that! 12 points.

I'd draw great comfort from that. 12 points for Tomorrow Never Dies.

It's not a pointless answer, but you weren't expecting it to be.

It was just holding the place for you!

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

Two more realistic punts at a pointless answer.

Angela's Ashes. How confident were you on that?

I know that there's a big name Irish actor in that film,

but I don't know if it's him or one of the other Irish actors.

He has a habit of cropping up in these art house films.

-Quite unexpectedly.

-So...

-But I wouldn't be completely shocked if it was wrong.

-OK.

£1,250. What would you do with that?

A nice couple of long weekends away somewhere.

Where would you go?

Well, we go to Spain a lot, so we'd probably treat ourselves to a nice hotel in Madrid or Seville,

somewhere like that.

Very good. Very good. Let's hope Angela's Ashes, your next answer,

will get you to Madrid or Seville.

It has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot of £1,250.

Is it correct

and if so, how many people said Angela's Ashes?

Bad luck. That seemed so likely, for a moment there.

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

For £1,250 your last chance is The Matador.

-It was somewhere at the back of your mind, Phil.

-Yes.

-That's where people get these jackpot-winning answers.

-He's got a big moustache.

-Yes...

-And he's walking around in swimming trunks a lot, but I don't know if it's The Matador.

This is the answer you were most confident with.

1,250 quid.

The Matador.

Is it correct, and if so, how many people said it?

It's right!

It's right!

That is crucial. £1,250 if this goes all the way to zero.

It has to be pointless.

It's your last and best shot. Is it going to be pointless?

Oh!

APPLAUSE

Bad luck!

I thought that was going all the way down to nothing.

Unfortunately, it didn't.

You didn't find that all-important pointless answer,

so you don't win today's jackpot of £1,250 which rolls over to the next show.

You have been fantastic contestants and you get our Pointless trophy.

APPLAUSE

So, Richard?

Tough luck, guys. You played well.

Mamma Mia was top of the list, the Bond films, The Thomas Crown Affair.

A lot of pointless answers here.

The Long Good Friday, his first film role, with Helen Mirren and Bob Hoskins.

Butterfly On A Wheel with Gerard Butler.

Mrs Doubtfire. He was the love interest of Robin Williams' ex.

Seraphim Falls with Liam Neeson.

The 1997 adaptation of Robinson Crusoe.

The voice of King Arthur in Quest For Camelot.

Grey Owl he was in more recently.

Nomads, and The Match,

a British film from the late '90s about two Scottish pub football teams.

I hope none of those ring too many bells!

Well, unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you,

Andy and Phil, but you've been fantastic contestants.

Thanks so much for playing. Thank you.

Nobody's won our jackpot so it rolls over. On the next show we'll be playing for £2,250.

-Join us again to see if someone can win. It's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye!

..and goodbye from me. Goodbye!

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