Episode 15 Pointless

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Thank you! I'm Alexander Armstrong.

A warm welcome to Pointless, the show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.

Let's meet today's players.

First, we welcome back Rose and Mark. You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two shots at the final. This is your second chance. How did you do?

-Didn't do very well.

-It was those rodents!

-Yes.

-Rodents. They did for you.

-Nasty little rodents!

What would you like to come up this first round, to make you go through the game?

-Musicals.

-Musicals.

-Yes.

Surprising how often that comes up - not as a question, but everyone's favourite.

-The one everyone would like to have.

-It never comes up as a question.

Very best of luck to the pair of you. I'm sure we'll see you beyond the first round.

Next we welcome back Brooke and Laura. How did you do last time?

We got to the head-to-head, then we bombed, cos I thought I was being clever with a Lady Gaga answer.

You were too clever by half, that's what you were!

Too clever. Fabulously obscure. Video Phone was the song.

Laura, what do you do in your spare time?

A lot of knitting.

-Do you really?

-Yes.

I used to run one of the biggest knitting groups in the country.

Now I just do a lot of knitting at home.

I've got a little group of knitters in my local area.

-What's the biggest thing you've knitted?

-Blankets, I guess.

-Jumpers, cardigans.

-Very good pastime. Best of luck to you both.

Let's hope we see you in the head-to-head again this time.

-Next we welcome back Liz and Matt. Liz S, I notice you are today.

-Yes.

You've gone and got initials since last time! Well done!

-Brilliant. Remind us what happened last time.

-We had the opposite problem to Brooke and Laura.

-We weren't clever enough. A bit careful, maybe.

-A bit careful.

Airlines, wasn't it? Airlines did for you.

-We got snagged on airlines.

-What would you like to see come up?

-Today.

-Something around words. Etymology, grammar, something like that.

-Liz?

-Chemistry, biology. Human body.

-You've got it all sorted out between you.

-Apart from airlines!

Just airlines. A small airline gap in your knowledge.

-Finally, we've got Lillian and Liz B.

-Hi.

-Welcome to the show. How do you know each other?

-We're sisters.

-Sisters. And where are you from?

-Gateshead and Washington.

-Lovely.

Lovely to hear your accents. What do you hope will come up, Lillian?

-History, royal family, food and drink.

-Bones.

-Food and drink. Bones?

That's a good one. Richard?

-We did bones the other day.

-We do. We do bones.

Don't know if we're doing them this afternoon. We'll find out.

Best of luck to you, Lillian and Liz.

We'll find out more about all of you later.

One person left to introduce. He's the guardian of everything unusual and obscure, Richard.

Hiya.

-Well, Richard.

-Good afternoon.

-Ahoy, there.

-How are you today?

-I'm extremely well.

-Excellent.

-What sort of show have we got?

-We've got three returning pairs, which is interesting.

Battle is joined again. Brooke and Laura went further last time, so they're the team to beat.

-But Liz S, who used to be called Liz, do you remember that?

-I do.

-The good old days.

-Yeah.

They were disappointed with their performance last time.

I think they have something to prove today.

-Haven't they, though?

-They have.

-Haven't they, though?

-Yes!

-Wanted to make sure that was sorted.

-Yes, they have. Yep.

We put all our questions to 100 people before the show,

but we want the obscure answers they didn't get.

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

Each time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.

Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that.

So today's jackpot starts off at £2,500.

AUDIENCE: Wooo!

Right. Let's play Pointless!

In the first round, each of you must give me one answer. You cannot confer.

Whichever team has the highest score

at the end of the round will be eliminated.

If anyone gives me an incorrect answer,

they will score the maximum of 100 points.

OK. Our first category this afternoon is...

Can you decide who's going first and who second?

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

Let's see what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many cricket counties as they could.

Richard?

Any of the county cricket sides of England and Wales

that had first-class status at the beginning of 2011.

That's the 18 counties who play in the county championship,

not any of the minor counties. There are 18 first-class cricket counties.

OK. Thank you very much, Richard. Mark and Rose,

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

So, Rose, cricket.

-Do you follow cricket?

-I like test cricket. Not so much the county cricket.

But you're dimly aware of county cricket?

-They talk about who's played for who.

-Yes.

What's the most obscure cricket county you can think of?

I'll go for where I come from. Durham.

Durham. Very good choice.

You hope to score as few points as possible with Durham.

Let's see if it's a cricketing county. And if so, how many people said it.

Durham. It's right.

Down it goes. 29, Rose, not a bad score at all.

29 points for Durham.

Well done, Rose. A useful innings of 29.

It's the newest first-class county, granted that status in 1991.

Thank you, Richard.

And now Laura.

How comfortable are you with this category?

Extremely uncomfortable!

-Yeah. I know nothing about cricket.

-Do you follow any sports at all?

No!

Did you and Brooke hope you'd just get over the sports question

-if it came up?

-Yeah.

-It's always inevitable, in this game.

In any quiz, there'll be a sports question.

-But you might have an answer?

-I have an answer. Whether it's right, I don't have the foggiest

except for I know there's a large cricket playing field near where I used to go to school.

-OK.

-And I've seen people playing cricket there.

So...

-I'm going to go with Essex.

-You're going with Essex.

Essex. You've seen people playing cricket there.

-It might be right.

-It stands to reason.

You hope Essex is correct and that you'll score as few points as possible.

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

Very well done.

Could be quite a good answer, this one, I feel.

34.

Not a bad score at all, Laura. Not bad at all. 34 for Essex, Richard.

Essex. Alastair Cook one of the many people who played cricket in Essex.

-And Graham Gooch, in the good old days.

-He played cricket in Essex.

-Liz. Liz S.

-Hello.

We are looking for cricket counties.

Yeah.

-How good are you on cricket?

-I should be good at cricket

because my grandfather's brother played for a county cricket team.

-Is it a nice obscure one?

-And my mum used to score.

-She used to score?

Yes, for my granddad's team as well.

-So the whole family...

-So you're cricket orientated?

Not really. Only the obvious ones.

-Hmm.

-Which is a shame. So I'm going to take a bit of a guess

and go for Berkshire.

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

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

Oh, no!

Bad luck, Liz. Berkshire is a wrong answer, I'm afraid.

So you score the maximum of 100 points.

-Richard.

-Berkshire don't play in the county championships.

They're a minor county, which we're not allowing.

-Lillian?

-I'm not very good at cricket.

-Do you follow it at all?

-Not at all.

-Not at all. Do you ever listen to it in a passive way?

-No.

-No.

I know one certainty and one I'm not sure of. So I'm going with what I think is certain.

OK. It's a high-scoring round, as it turns out.

-Yorkshire.

-Yorkshire. I have a hunch they play cricket there!

Yes. OK, let's see if Yorkshire is a correct answer

and if so, how many people said it? Yorkshire.

Down it goes. 44.

-Not bad!

-Not bad at all, Lillian! Very well done.

44 for Yorkshire, Richard.

Arguably the most successful of all county cricket teams.

They've won the title 31 times, Yorkshire.

-But they don't go on about it, which is good.

-Yes!

We're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores at this stage.

Lowest score so far, Rose. Very well done. Durham. Fantastic answer, as it turns out.

Laura, 34. Not a bad answer at all.

And Lillian, 44. Then Liz S.

I think before she had the S, she was better at this game.

-I think it's unbalanced her slightly.

-Yes.

-She's lost some symmetry somewhere!

Luckily, Matt knows everything about county cricket

so he will be able to delve into the recesses of his mind and pluck out a really obscure answer.

Matt, you know what you have to do. We'll come back down the line.

Can the second players take their places at the podium?

OK. We're looking for cricket counties.

Liz B. Lillian pulled one out of the bag with Yorkshire.

Will you have to reach as far into the bag, or do you have a few at your disposal?

-Do you know a bit about cricket?

-Not a lot.

Twickenham.

I know nothing about cricket. At all!

-I'm hoping Twickenham is there, but...

-Is that your answer?

-Yes.

-Twickenham.

-Yeah.

There is your red line. You are saying Twickenham.

We are looking for cricket counties.

If Twickenham gets you below that red line, you're through to the next round.

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

Bad luck, Liz B. Unfortunately, that's an incorrect answer. You've scored 100 points,

making your total 144. Richard?

Yes, sorry, Liz. It's wrong for a number of reasons, which is good!

That's something! They don't play county cricket mainly because it's not a county.

That's the reason they were chucked out!

For not being a county. They don't like that sort of thing in county cricket.

So we come to you, Matt. "Phewee!", I think is the word.

You've just been thrown a lifeline by Liz B.

We're looking for cricket counties. If you can score 43 or less with this,

you're definitely through to the next round.

You happen to know a lot about county cricket, I seem to think.

-I don't, unfortunately.

-Really?

-No.

What are your hobbies, Matt?

-I like to play poker. I play the piano. I play blues piano, jazz piano.

-Do you?

I enjoy playing that sort of thing.

Cricket isn't one of my hobbies. It was for a while, when I was about ten.

-A lot of people who like jazz like cricket.

-Is that right?

It's a theory I've just made up. But I think it's true.

Is it people with a high boredom threshold?

I think it could be to do with that.

It's people who like the intricacies of things other people might find boring.

So, Matt.

I have vague memories of hearing the phrase Kent County Cricket team.

-You have vague memories of Kent.

-There's a bell ringing somewhere.

At the back of your head. OK. Let's find out.

You need to score 43 points or less. Here is your red line.

Below that line, you're in the next round. Will Kent will take you there?

Is it correct, and how many people said it? Kent.

Very well done.

Will it take you down below the line?

Yes, it will. Look at that. 30 for Kent.

Very well answered. 30 gives you a total of 130.

It sees you through to the next round.

Well done, Matt. Kent County Cricket Club. You have to be very careful when you say it!

-Very careful. I wouldn't want to say it again!

-No.

Very well done. That was an important score for you there, Matt.

You are through to the next round.

I'm afraid, Liz B and Lillian, we'll be saying goodbye to you because your score of 144 is so high

that no-one, even if they try their hardest, will be able to overtake it.

So we come to you, Brooke. You are scot-free.

You can have a bit of fun with this round.

See if you can find a low-scoring obscure cricketing county. What will you say?

I'm trying to think of different counties that I know. I don't want to say one and it's wrong.

So I'm going for one I think might be right

-rather than use the opportunity of saying something silly. So I'm going for Sussex.

-Sussex.

-Yep.

-Very good indeed. Sussex is what you are saying.

You are through to the next round come what may so there's no red line.

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

There we are. Sussex is right.

And down it comes to 35!

Very good score, taking your total up to 69.

-Richard.

-Good old Sussex by the sea. God's own county.

Won in 2003. They'd never won it before and have won a couple of times since.

OK. So, Mark and Rose.

Mark and Rose, you're on 29. You can score what you like here. You're through to the next round.

You've done it. You've broken the first round jinx.

-Mark, do you follow cricket?

-I've played quite a bit of cricket over the years

-but only at village level and things like that.

-Not at county level.

-Unfortunately, no.

-But you're aware of county cricket?

-I am. I followed it quite a lot when I was younger.

OK. So you might be able to pull our lowest score. Our lowest score to date was your mother's on Durham.

-Right.

-I think you might be able to find a more obscure county.

I'll be disappointed if you don't!

I've got a few in my head.

It's a toss-up between Northants and Glamorgan.

-I don't know which one to go for. So Glamorgan.

-You're going for Glamorgan?

-Yes.

Very good. Glamorgan. Let's see if it's correct and if it is, how many people said it? No red line for you

as you're through, come what may.

There we are.

Will it come down below 29?

Yes, it did! Very well done, Mark. You've done everything expected of you.

You've disappointed neither me nor your mother. You've scored 24, which takes your total to 53. Richard?

Well done. It's the only Welsh first class cricket club.

Plenty of people at home will know all 18 of these. The question is, which are the more obscure?

There's no pointless answers. Most obscure is Northants.

It would only have scored nine points. The best answer there.

Let's look at the highest scoring answers, that most of our 100 people said.

They won't like this. Beaten by Yorkshire, which we've had, with 44.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of Round One,

the losing pair with the highest score is Lillian and Liz B.

Oh!

Oh, dear! What a shame!

We bowled a googly at you in the first round.

So unfair. It's been fantastic having you on the show.

-What would you have liked to come up?

-Football would have been OK.

-Football.

-History.

And history. I'm sorry it was cricket. However,

I'm sure next time we'll see you triumph and flourish all the way through to the final.

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

-Thanks very much for playing.

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

Only two pairs will go through to the head-to-head

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

Make sure it's not you. The category for Round Two is...

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

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

OK. Our second round question this afternoon concerns...

Cartoon couples and their surnames.

We'll show you a list of famous animated couples

from TV and film.

We asked 100 people to tell us their surnames. Richard?

We're going to show you six pairs of names in each pass.

Just tell us the surnames. The more obscure the answer, the fewer points you score.

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

Cartoon obsessives at home, see if you can get all 12.

So we're looking for the surnames of these cartoon couples. We've got...

So, then, Mark.

There are the couples. You need to furnish us with a surname

of a nice obscure couple.

How did you feel when this came up? Cartoon couples. Did you think, "Perfect!"

-No. Not necessarily.

-I think I'm going to play it safe.

I'm going to go for Roger and Jessica Rabbit.

Roger and Jessica Rabbit. You say playing it safe.

Let's hope it doesn't cost you too dear.

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

It's correct.

59. That is a high score there, Mark.

But it's a whole lot better than 100. Richard,

Roger and Jessica Rabbit.

Big score but safe answer. From Who Framed Roger Rabbit from 1988.

OK, Richard. Thank you.

Brooke. Remember, we're looking for the surnames of these cartoon characters.

-I was going to go for Roger and Jessica. I was well excited when that came up.

-Right.

I know two for definite. And one I know what programme they're from, but can't remember the surname.

The others I'm not sure about. So I'll have to play it safe.

-I can't guess the others.

-This is music to Mark and Rose's ears.

So I'm going to go for Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

Fred and Wilma Flintstone. You hope to score as few points as possible.

Is it correct and if it is, how many people knew that answer? Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

It's right. Ooh, it's a costly one, Brooke!

84, that scores you.

Richard?

A big, big score. It celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2010, The Flintstones.

-Amazing.

-Interesting. They were the first couple ever to be shown in bed together on US prime time!

Soon followed by Wilma and Barney, and that's where the trouble started!

Yeah!

Now, then, Liz S. Liz, this is playing right into your hands.

59, high score. Brooke on for 84, an even higher score.

Look, you can talk us through the board.

OK. Well, Homer and Marge, I can do that one.

That's the definite one. But it's whether it's more or less than Fred and Wilma.

-Yeah.

-George and Jane and Bob and Helen, I'm not sure.

But Hank and Peggy, I've got a feeling it might be from King of the Hill.

But I don't know his surname, but it might be Hill.

And I don't know what to do.

OK.

-That's a tough one.

-Well, Matt and I said before we came on that we'd go for it this time.

Take a few risks.

Last time we played safe.

So I'm going for Hank and Peggy

-and I'll say Hill.

-Hank and Peggy, you are saying, Hill.

Is it correct? If so, how many people knew that answer?

It's right!

Very well done, Liz S.

A wonderful answer.

It scores you nine points. Hank and Peggy.

-She's earned that S!

-Yes, you have earned your S now.

Very well played. Nine points for Hank and Peggy Hill.

If you had gone for Homer and Marge Simpson, you'd have got 85 points.

So you really helped Matt out there.

George and Jane, that's an American one. The Jetsons.

That scored eight points.

Bob and Helen is very good obscure animation knowledge.

-Well done if you got this. Do you know Bob and Helen?

-No.

It's Bob and Helen Parr. It's a pointless answer.

Better known as Mr Incredible and Elastigirl.

-Ah!

-Helen Parr. Very well done if you got that.

OK. We're halfway through the round. Let's see the scores.

It's a broad field.

Liz S, what a fabulous answer that was.

Matt was... Were you sure of that, Matt?

-I had the same suspicion so I was pleased she went for it.

-Good.

Very well done indeed.

Mark and Rose, 59. That was a high score,

but you've been helped out by Brooke's choice of Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

Obviously a very popular answer there, on 84.

So, Laura and Rose, it's between you in the next pass.

You'll each have to find some nice obscure answers and hope for the best.

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

Six more animated couples on the board.

We want their surnames, and the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew. Matt,

you're in a very strong position, thanks to Liz S's fantastic low score.

You need to score 74 or less with this to ensure a place in the next round.

-What are you thinking?

-I'm thinking I know one for sure.

I know a second one is in there, but it's not jumping to the front of my mind at the moment.

So I might have to renege on the agreement to go for the obscure ones!

-OK.

-And go for something safe.

-Liz has earned you that luxury.

-She has, indeed.

I'm going to go for Peter and Lois Griffin.

Peter and Lois Griffin, from?

-Family Guy.

-Very good indeed. Peter and Lois Griffin. There's the red line.

Below that red line, you're through to the next round.

Let's see if Peter and Lois Griffin is right, and if so, how many people said it?

It's right.

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

Down it goes.

Griffin, a fabulous answer. It scores you 17 and takes your total up to 26.

Richard?

Well played. Peter and Lois Griffin from Family Guy.

It was cancelled twice, and there was an online petition of 100,000 people forcing Fox to bring it back.

Thank you very much, Richard. So, then, Laura.

We come to you.

We're looking for the surnames of these cartoon characters.

You have the biggest mountain to climb here.

-Do you watch a lot of television?

-I do, and I'm completely blanked out.

The only one - well, there's two there that I knew,

and the Peter and Lois Griffin was one that I thought I'd definitely go for.

The other one I know I know is going to be a high scorer.

So I'm really stuck.

It is funny, when you say what would you like to come up?

Musicals, film and television. And nearly every time a film and TV category comes up,

people say, "Oh, this is very hard. Very hard indeed."

I'd say film and television, but what I'd mean by that was, I like watching film and television.

"Could you ask questions about the things I watched yesterday?"

OK. The only one I know I'm going to have to go for.

Cos I really can't even think of anything to throw in there for the others.

So I'm going to go for Barney and Betty Rubble.

Barney and Betty Rubble. Well done.

There they are. Barney and Betty Rubble.

Let's see if that's right. No red line for you cos you're the highest scorers.

You have to hope this goes down as far as it possibly can and that Rose scores high.

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

It's right.

64.

That is a high score there. It takes your total up to 148, Laura.

Barney and Betty Rubble, parents of the world's strongest boy, Bamm-Bamm.

-Originally made for adults. The first two series were sponsored by a cigarette company!

-No!

So, then, Rose, we come to you.

Laura has just taken their high score up to 148.

If you can score 88 or less with this answer, Rose...

Oh, she's shaking her head.

This could be a moment for you, Laura and Brooke.

You might be thrown a lifeline here by Rose.

If you can score 88 or less, you're through to the next round.

-Nope.

-Talk us through the board. Is there anything there?

Nothing. The only one I knew was Barney and Betty.

I don't know any of the others.

I'll just have to guess at a name and say Carl and Ellie Walker.

Carl and Ellie Walker, you're going to say.

Sooner or later, one of these guesses is going to get somebody through.

Is today going to be the day? Let's find out.

There's your red line. If Carl and Ellie Walker gets you below it,

you go into the Pointless annals.

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

Bad luck.

That scores you 100 points, taking your total up to 159.

-Richard?

-Sorry, Rose. Carl and Ellie. It's Carl Fredricksen from Up.

Star of Up. His departed wife was Ellie. Very tough answer.

It scored one point. Well done if you got that.

-Ned and Maude is...

-Flanders.

Flanders from the Simpsons. 20 points.

Stan and Francine?

It's another Seth MacFarlane show like Family Guy. It's American Dad.

-Ah.

-That scores three points. Randy and Sharon is a pointless answer.

Well done at home if you know they are Stan's parents from South Park.

Randy and Sharon Marsh.

Thank you very much, Richard. So, the end of Round Two.

A very tough round.

The losing pair with the highest score, Rose and Mark with 159.

-Guys, I'm so sorry.

-That's all right.

-No, that was really tough.

-It was!

-Rose, musicals.

-I know.

-It didn't come up.

-It didn't, no.

-No.

-I'm so sorry.

-Never mind.

-What will you take away from your Pointless experience?

-Meeting you!

-Oh, Rose!

-And Richard!

-Richard, of course.

-And Richard.

-That was very nicely added!

It's been fabulous having you on the show. Sorry to say goodbye to you.

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

-Thank you.

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

Very well done, Liz S, Matt, Brooke and Laura.

You've made it to the head-to-head. Only one pair can make it to the final

and play for the jackpot which currently stands at £2,500.

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

For each question, each pair needs to give just one answer, but you may confer.

You just have to find an answer that scores less than the other pair to win that question.

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

Let's play Pointless.

Here is your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many official languages of the United Nations as they could.

Official languages of the United Nations, Richard.

Any of the six official languages of the United Nations into which all their documents are translated

as of the start of 2011.

-Which is the most obscure of the six official UN languages.

-OK.

Liz and Matt, because you've played best throughout the show so far,

you get to go first.

We are looking for official UN languages.

Consensus has been reached. What are you going to say?

-German.

-You say German.

Brooke and Laura, you can talk out loud. Take us through your reasoning.

I'm trying to think of languages mostly used in mainland Europe and the West.

So English, German, French, Italian, Spanish.

And there's one weird one which will probably be the good answer.

I can't think what it would be.

What do you think? Maybe Italian?

Or Spanish would be less...

-Let's say Spanish.

-Spanish.

-Yep.

-We're going with Spanish.

-You're going with Spanish. So we have German. We have Spanish.

Liz and Matt say German. Is it right and if so, how many people said German?

Bad luck. German - incorrect.

Very interesting.

Brooke and Laura went for Spanish. At this stage, that just needs to be correct.

That's all it needs for you to win this question. Spanish.

Is it right? If so, how many people said it?

It's right!

69. A high score, but who cares?

You've won that question.

After the first question, one-nil to Brooke and Laura. Richard?

Let's take a look at all six answers. German wasn't there.

You have to speak one of those six official languages and it's translated into the others.

If you speak anything else, you have to bring your own translator

who translates it into one of those, and it goes on down the line.

Here is your second question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many Martin Clunes comedies as they could. Martin Clunes comedies. Richard?

Any TV sitcom or comedy drama in which Martin Clunes has starred in at least two episodes.

We're not looking for panel shows and that sort of thing where he plays himself.

-Martin Clunes sitcoms and comedy dramas on British TV.

-OK. Thank you.

Brooke and Laura, you get to go first this time.

-OK. We're going to go for Doc Martin.

-Doc Martin say Brooke and Laura.

Doc Martin.

Liz and Matt, you have to win this point to stay in the game.

You have to win this question.

If Brooke and Laura win this, they are straight through to the final.

Talk us through your thinking.

We only had two. One was Doc Martin.

The other is the most obvious one.

So we'll have to go for that. Anything else you can remember?

Nope!

So it has to be Men Behaving Badly.

Men Behaving Badly. Doc Martin.

In the order they were given,

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

It's correct.

52, that scores you. Doc Martin.

Liz S and Matt have gone for Men Behaving Badly. You suspect this will be a high scoring one.

Let's see how many people said it. Men Behaving Badly.

Ooh, 83!

So, after two questions,

Brooke and Laura are through to the final.

Two-nil.

-Richard.

-Yes, very unlucky there.

As of the start of 2011, these are the answers. There are five pointless answers.

No Place Like Home. The '80s sitcom.

One of his very early roles, as one of the sons.

Jeeves and Wooster, he was Cyril Fotheringay Phipps.

Gone To The Dogs, with Harry Enfield.

Demob, with Griff Rhys Jones.

All At Number 20, with Maureen Lipman.

Some of the better-known ones.

William and Mary scored one point.

Reggie Perrin, the remake of that,

which people didn't seem to like.

-You were in it, weren't you?

-Mm.

-It was very good.

-Brilliant.

Brilliant!

You had an affair with his wife, didn't you?

Yeah, but not while I was doing Reggie Perrin!

That would have scored you 24 points.

And then Doc Martin with 52

and Men Behaving Badly with 83.

Thanks, Richard.

So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Liz and Matt.

Oh, bad luck. German. Who'd have thought that wasn't an official language of the UN?

Liz and Matt, you've done fantastically well.

You've taken us round the houses. We've had some high scores rescued by low scores.

And here we come to the head-to-head.

I'm afraid you're out in straight sets.

Tough categories for you, I'm afraid.

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

-Thank you!

But for Brooke and Laura

it's time for our Pointless final and the chance to win our jackpot of £2,500.

Congratulations, Brooke and Laura. You've seen off the competition

and won our coveted Pointless trophy!

Now a chance to win our Pointless jackpot, which at the end of today stands at...

The rules are very simple.

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

We haven't had any pointless answers on the show today. You only have to find one now to win the money.

First, choose a category, one of these three options.

-Celebrities or classic pop.

-Definitely between those two.

It's between celebrities or classic pop.

-Do you want to go celebs?

-I'm thinking classic pop is more likely.

-Sure that's OK?

-That's OK.

-OK, we're going for classic pop.

-Classic pop.

From the world of classic pop, whatever that means,

what would you like to come up? What sort of category would suit you?

Um, I don't know. Probably like '90s pop

cos we were both young and at school then.

Do you like pop of your preferred fashion vintage?

Anything from the '30s to '50s.

I know some, but not probably enough to think of three pointless answers.

'90s when we were young, not '40s when I look like I may have been.

Right you are. OK.

Let's find out what that question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many Beach Boys singles as they could.

-Beach Boys singles. Richard?

-We're after any single

released by the Beach Boys or which credits them as a featured artist

to reach the UK top 40 before the start of 2011.

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

All you need to win that £2,500 is for one of those answers to be pointless.

Your 60 seconds start now.

-I don't know any!

-That was easy!

There's Surfin' USA.

There's something called Wouldn't It Be Nice,

I think it's called that.

We've got to think of something else.

-I really didn't expect it to be something like this.

-No.

No. We don't know anything about the Beach Boys.

My dad went to see them when he was young!

We'll just have to make one up.

Like Beach Bums.

Hang Ten!

Hang Ten, OK.

You have your three answers. We'll stop the clock there. 23 seconds in hand.

We were looking for Beach Boys singles. I need your three answers.

-What are they?

-Go for it, Laura.

-So there's Surfin' USA.

-Surfin' USA.

-Wouldn't It Be Nice.

-Wouldn't It Be Nice.

-And the fabulous new Beach Boys classic just unearthed, remastered.

-Hang Ten.

-Hang Ten.

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

-Wouldn't It Be Nice.

-We'll put that last.

-Do you want to put the new remastered...

-Hang Ten should go first.

-Hang Ten first.

-The suspense would be too much if we had to wait!

-Definitely.

-OK.

We'll put them on the board in that order. Here they are.

We were looking for Beach Boys top 40 singles.

This was your least confident answer.

In fact, one you crafted before our very eyes.

But maybe - I keep saying this - maybe one of these home-made answers

is going to be a pointless answer. You never know.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win the £2,500 jackpot.

Let's see if your first answer, Hang Ten, is indeed a Beach Boys song.

If it is, how many people said it.

Bad luck.

We kind of knew that was unlikely to be a top 40 hit for the Beach Boys.

-It sounds like it could be a Beach Boys song.

-It does.

That's not a pointless answer. You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.

£2,500. How would you spend that?

I would probably buy some clothes.

-Brooke?

-Pay off some of my student debt and overdraft and boring things like that.

-And then buy some clothes.

-Then buy some clothes.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer. This has to be a pointless answer to win the £2,500.

Let's see how many people said Surfin' USA.

Well, it's right.

This has to go all the way down to zero for you to get that jackpot of £2,500.

Down it goes. Down into the 20s. 24.

Not bad!

That's a perfectly respectable score in normal play.

Sadly, in this round, it's either pointless or bust.

So I'm afraid it's bust.

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

Here is your last answer.

This was the answer you had the most confidence in.

It has to be pointless to win that jackpot of £2,500.

Let's see how many people said Wouldn't It Be Nice.

Bad luck.

Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that vital pointless answer

so you don't win today's jackpot of £2,500, which rolls over to the next show.

You've been fantastic and you get to take home our Pointless trophy.

-What were the pointless answers?

-Wouldn't It Be Nice is the B side of God Only Knows

which would have scored seven points.

Released as a single in its own right, it didn't make the top 40.

Do It Again, a number one single, was pointless.

Wipeout, they had a hit with with Fat Boys. Pointless.

Breakaway, another top ten single.

Two more top ten singles. Lady Lynda from 1979

and Heroes And Villains, pointless.

And Darlin'.

I hope you didn't recognise any of those. Well done at home if you got any of them.

-Does that make you feel better to see the answers?

-A bit.

-Wipeout is something we could have guessed. That's in the same realm as Hang Ten.

-It is.

-We were very close with Hang Ten.

-Very close!

Unfortunately we have to say goodbye. It's been great having you here. Thanks for playing.

Nobody's won our jackpot today so it rolls over and next time we'll be playing for...

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

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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